Hackernews posts about Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an open-source operating system that runs on various devices and provides users with a free and highly customizable platform for computing tasks.

1. OSS-SEC: Three bypasses of Ubuntu's unprivileged user namespace restrictions (seclists.org)
   73 points by birdculture 22 days ago | 23 comments
2. Install script does rm -RF /usr for Ubuntu (github.com)
   13 points by tyleo 17 days ago | discuss
3. Ubuntu Adds Support for New Low-Cost RISC-V Board: The OrangePi RV2 8GB For –$64 (www.phoronix.com)
   8 points by fork-bomber 12 days ago | discuss
4. My brief attempt at learning about Software Defined Radio on Ubuntu (code.mendhak.com)
   5 points by speckx 5 days ago | 3 comments
5. Ubuntu 25.04 Now Ships with JPEG-XL Support Enabled by Default (www.phoronix.com)
   5 points by LinuxBender 11 days ago | 2 comments
6. Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Is Released – Ubuntu on Big Iron (ubuntu-on-big-iron.blogspot.com)
   5 points by rbanffy 3 days ago | discuss
7. Ubuntu Studio 25.04 Released (ubuntustudio.org)
   4 points by jrepinc 3 days ago | 1 comments
8. Ubuntu 25.04: The Best New Features (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
   4 points by bradac56 1 day ago | discuss
9. Ubuntu Provides More Insight into Their Decision Not to "-O3" All Packages (www.phoronix.com)
   4 points by wrayjustin 23 days ago | discuss
10. Ubuntu now officially supports Nvidia Jetson (canonical.com)
    3 points by kejaed 29 days ago | discuss
11. Ubuntu 25.04: The Best New Features (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
    2 points by roywashere 2 days ago | discuss
12. Three bypasses of Ubuntu's unprivileged user namespace restrictions (seclists.org)
    2 points by eyberg 24 days ago | discuss
13. Ubuntu 25.04 Beta Delivering Nice Performance Improvements over Ubuntu 24.10 (www.phoronix.com)
    2 points by mfiguiere 24 days ago | discuss
14. Ubuntu 25.04 Release Now Available for Download (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
    1 points by misonic 2 days ago | discuss
15. Web Simulation of Ubuntu 20.04 (vivek9patel.github.io)
    1 points by twapi 11 days ago | discuss
16. Ubuntu 25.04 beta takes flight – but this Plucky Puffin is still molting (www.theregister.com)
    1 points by mdp2021 16 days ago | discuss
17. Ubuntu Stainless Steel Edition: A Corrosion-Resistant Alternative [April First] (discourse.ubuntu.com)
    1 points by gaius_baltar 19 days ago | discuss
18. Does Ubuntu support passkeys? (2024) (askubuntu.com)
    1 points by tosh 21 days ago | discuss
19. Ubuntu: Benchmarking a Distribution (discourse.ubuntu.com)
    1 points by jnsgruk 23 days ago | discuss
20. Show HN: Appear as anyone in video calls like zoom or Google meets (www.phazr.ai)
    110 points by michaelphi 22 days ago | 51 comments
21. Best Linux distro in 2025 for non-experts
    23 points by vvvnnnnvvv 21 days ago | 33 comments
22. Show HN: Keep your AI agents up to date with latest docs (web2llm.dev)
    5 points by vladstudio 12 days ago | discuss
23. Ask HN: Fanless Laptops
    4 points by tosh 21 days ago | 5 comments
24. Show HN: Gepetto – A Minimalistic CLI-Based Browser Operator (gepetto.sh)
    3 points by eschnou 12 days ago | discuss
25. Show HN: Pad.ws – whiteboard-like IDE in the browser (pad.ws)
    2 points by cyclotruc 3 days ago | discuss
26. Show HN: Searchable APIs for your AI Agents (twitter.com)
    2 points by uncomplexity_ 22 days ago | discuss
27. Benchmarking a distribution (and some \-O3 results) (discourse.ubuntu.com)
    1 points by susam 23 days ago | discuss
28. Make Ubuntu packages 90% faster by rebuilding them (gist.github.com)
    542 points by jeffbee about 1 month ago | 357 comments
29. Webtop – Alpine,Ubuntu,Fedora,and Arch containers containing full desktop envs (docs.linuxserver.io)
    352 points by weitzj 3 months ago | 77 comments
30. Ubuntu squeezes more performance than Windows 11 on new AMD Zen 4 Threadripper (www.phoronix.com)
    351 points by marcodiego over 1 year ago | 388 comments
31. Mozilla's new Firefox Linux package for Ubuntu and Debian derivatives (blog.mozilla.org)
    331 points by mfsch about 1 year ago | 167 comments
32. Steve Langasek, one of Ubuntu Linux's leading lights, has died (thenewstack.io)
    311 points by CrankyBear 3 months ago | 26 comments
33. Today is Ubuntu's 20th Anniversary (lists.ubuntu.com)
    248 points by aquova 6 months ago | 107 comments
34. Oxidizing Ubuntu: adopting Rust utilities by default (lwn.net)
    231 points by jwilk about 1 month ago | 227 comments
35. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will enable frame pointers by default (ubuntu.com)
    222 points by jnsgruk over 1 year ago | 117 comments
36. x86-64 Assembly Language Programming with Ubuntu (2022) (www.egr.unlv.edu)
    212 points by generichuman over 1 year ago | 55 comments
37. Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation (snyk.io)
    189 points by saltypal 5 months ago | 77 comments
38. Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat (releases.ubuntu.com)
    180 points by jeswin 12 months ago | 179 comments
39. I'm Done with Ubuntu (ounapuu.ee)
    174 points by LorenDB 2 months ago | 293 comments
40. RISC-V HiFive Premier P550 Development Boards with Ubuntu Now Available (www.sifive.com)
    172 points by fork-bomber 4 months ago | 94 comments
41. i386 in Ubuntu won't die (popey.com)
    145 points by jandeboevrie over 1 year ago | 120 comments
42. Bye Bye Ubuntu, Hello Manjaro. How Did We Get Here? (hackaday.com)
    143 points by dcminter almost 2 years ago | 234 comments
43. Omakub – A Developer Setup for Ubuntu (omakub.org)
    130 points by cal85 11 months ago | 49 comments
44. Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS: Noble Numbat (ubuntu.com)
    128 points by zaikunzhang 12 months ago | 110 comments
45. Ubuntu Looking at Applying Low-Latency Optimizations to Its Generic Kernel (www.phoronix.com)
    126 points by mfiguiere about 1 year ago | 39 comments
46. Vanilla OS 2.0 Orchid base is changing from Ubuntu to Debian (vanillaos.org)
    122 points by teleforce almost 2 years ago | 121 comments
47. Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (www.zdnet.com)
    120 points by CrankyBear over 1 year ago | 114 comments
48. Ubuntu Pro Shenanigans (inteltechniques.com)
    118 points by mikece over 1 year ago | 116 comments
49. Ubuntu 24.04 (and Debian) removed libsystemd from SSH server dependencies (fosstodon.org)
    117 points by 3v1n0 about 1 year ago | 60 comments
50. Stable Linux mainline builds for Ubuntu (stgraber.org)
    106 points by mariuz over 1 year ago | 57 comments
51. Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.10 Performance For Intel Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake (www.phoronix.com)
    104 points by marcodiego 6 months ago | 88 comments
52. Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat (canonical.com)
    96 points by cameron_b 12 months ago | 6 comments
53. It's far from clear how grub package updates work on Ubuntu (utcc.utoronto.ca)
    95 points by emegeve83 about 1 year ago | 65 comments
54. Omakub – Opinionated Ubuntu Setup (github.com)
    94 points by saikatsg 10 months ago | 87 comments
55. You can't currently download Ubuntu 23.10 (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
    90 points by jamesponddotco over 1 year ago | 56 comments
56. Ubuntu Security Updates Are a Confusing Mess (gld.mcphail.uk)
    88 points by popey 9 months ago | 38 comments
57. Ubuntu Hoping to Remove Qt 5 Before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (www.phoronix.com)
    86 points by sandwichsphinx 6 months ago | 95 comments