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Critical Linux “sudo” flaw allows any user to take over the system

Millions of Linux systems are vulnerable to a sudo flaw allowing unauthorized users to run commands as root. The bug affects Ubuntu and Fedora servers, escalates privileges to root, and requires installation of the latest sudo packages for mitigation. The flaw lies in the seldom-used sudo chroot fea..

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Linux 6.16 Performance Regression Tracked Down In New Futex Code

Linux 6.16takes a36% performance nosediveon AMD EPYC 9005 all thanks toFUTEXPRIVATEHASH. The quick fix? Yank it. Engineers scramble for a smarter solution...

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Insights from paper — Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data

Bigtableisn't just another footnote in Google's lineup. It dominates the data landscape, wrangling petabytes like a charm. Built for atomic row operations and sly tablet splits. Plus, it’s backed by Chubby’s fault-tolerance magic. Picture it as a NoSQL and relational database crossbreed with the fle..

Insights from paper — Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data
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