LWDW: Wobbly Vulkan Windows

Linux invades the Nintendo Switch! Unity gets a low graphics mode, Vulkan comes to KWin and Kdenlive releases a new beta. All this plus your emails.

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Michael G (new router)
Orn (data noddle)
RTheren (co-host impaler)

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News

Tonight on RAW
http://www.zdnet.com/article/bogus-linux-vulnerability-gets-publicity/

“So, maybe there aren’t that many idiotic sysadmins after all.”
- Pfffft! I still get plenty of contract work.
P.S. BOOGA BOOGA!
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed!
In order for the “vulnerability” to work, you’d need root access to a shell (ssh or otherwise).
That right there should be the first indication that the only vulnerability here is the same that every single system has, user/admin incompetence.

It LIVES
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/new-unity-desktop-update-now-available

Desktop Warden
https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/13

Can it DOOM?
https://liliputing.com/2018/02/fail0verflow-turns-a-nintendo-switch-into-a-full-fledged-linux-pc.html

Don’t make me Switch, please.
SDL2 runs on it, KDE runs on it…
It’s a Tegra tablet which got Linuxed, Nintendo branding or not.
- Unlike the shield (no, not that one) people actually bought the Switch en masse.
According to earlier reports, they can’t patch it.
The problem is in the SoC itself, meaning they’d need to a new hardware revision in order to issue a “patch”.

PSA
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhcelnjdmblfmjabdeclccemkghjk
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/view-image/

Anti squirrel
https://github.com/aniketpanjwani/chomper

Neat idea but if you know how to set this up you know how to bypass it with ease.
Could be a solid tool for teaching your kids how to bypass security.
Chomper filters outgoing requests through a transparent proxy
Allows for filtering requests at the URL level