Tag: technology
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Linux Distro Gains More Users
Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam For years, Windows users frustrated with constant changes, aggressive updates, and growing system bloat have flirted with switching to Linux. But 2025 marks a noticeable shift: a new generation of Linux distributions built specifically for ex-Windows users is gaining real traction. One of the…
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HacktoberFest 2025!
Hacktoberfest 2025: Contribute to Open Source! October means Hacktoberfest—the global celebration of open source. Organized by DigitalOcean and partners, this event encourages developers to contribute to projects they use and support. (VanLUG thanks our Event Sponsor, Z-Space Vancouver! Co-working spaces where Art and Technology meet. Follow them here.) Open source thrives on collaboration. In 2024,…
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Best New Linux Laptops
The best Linux laptops you can buy: Expert tested and recommendedAs Linux continues to grow as a popular alternative to Windows and macOS, we tested some of the best Linux-compatible laptops from brands like Lenovo and Dell. Here are our favorites. Once only a favorite among coding and programming professionals and niche hobbyists, Linux has…
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EU Plans Alt-Jira & Confluence
Europe on a roll: Plans Open source alternative to Confluence and Jira, going all in for digital sovereignty with open source tools. Europe’s push towards digital sovereignty is gaining serious momentum in 2025. Amid growing concerns over data privacy, access, and surveillance, many regions are distancing themselves from U.S.-based tech giants like Microsoft in favor of open source alternatives.…
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AI didn’t kill Stack Overflow
How Stack Overflow’s Reputation System Led To Its Own Downfall It would be easy to say that artificial intelligence killed off Stack Overflow, but it would be truer to say that AI delivered the final blow. What really happened is a parable of human community and experiments in self-governance gone bizarrely wrong. Stack Overflow once was the…
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Finding a Linux Vulnerability with ChatGPT
How I used o3 to find CVE-2025-37899, a remote zeroday vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s SMB implementation by Sean Heelan In this post I’ll show you how I found a zeroday vulnerability in the Linux kernel using OpenAI’s o3 model. I found the vulnerability with nothing more complicated than the o3 API – no scaffolding, no…
