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How I use the Linux terminal without touching it: My secret to extreme automation

A good set of scripts lets you avoid the terminal for common tasks ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Advances SQL Server 2025 with Broader Linux Support and First Cumulative Update

SQL Server 2025 reaches enterprise readiness with GA support on RHEL 10 and Ubuntu 24.04. Cumulative Update 1 improves SQL Server 2025 reliability, performance and security based on early feedback.
Hackaday

This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...
Washingtonian

DC’s Metro Wants to Install Platform Doors and Run Fully Automated Trains

Metro just approved a plan to make the Red Line work a bit more like the subways in Shanghai, Copenhagen, and Singapore, with driverless automatic trains and glass doors separating the platform from ...
ZDNet

I tried a command-line-only distro that can seriously improve your Linux skills

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...
Windows Central

Microsoft just made a command line version of the Microsoft Store for Windows 11 — install and update your apps without a GUI

Microsoft has announced the Store CLI, a command-line interface for managing and installing Windows apps from the Microsoft Store. It's similar to WinGet, except the Store CLI only works for apps that ...
Sports Illustrated

Fernando Mendoza's Mom Had Funny Line About Her Son’s Legendary TD Run vs. Miami

Monday night's national championship was quite an excellent game—and not just because Hoosier quarterback Fernando Mendoza scored an electrifying, high-flying touchdown on fourth down. Though that was ...
Hosted on MSN

You can now run any Windows app on Linux

Linux users can now run any Windows app, and it’s not a dream - this breakthrough changes everything about how we think of operating systems. Something is different about Trump’s $1 trillion war on ...
PC World

Microsoft is giving Windows 11’s Run command a fresh look, 30 years later

Microsoft is testing a new version of the Run command window (summoned by pressing Win + R simultaneously) in Windows 11. The new version is based on Microsoft’s Fluent Design ethos, which infuses ...
Bleeping Computer

Qilin ransomware abuses WSL to run Linux encryptors in Windows

The Qilin ransomware operation was spotted executing Linux encryptors in Windows using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to evade detection by traditional security tools. The ransomware first launched ...