🧟‍♂️💾 @SuperFloppies@mastodon.technology

Time to write a userspace linker/loader for old binaries:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Dropping-A.Out

#linux #unix

Generally not against the whole #systemd thing because of the amount of time it saves.

But this? This is crazy talk. #UEFI already natively handles #multiboot setups quite well. Maybe I just don’t understand what they think the problem is?

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Systemd-Lands-XBOOTLDR

#linux

Oh, nice. Let the #Windows viruses and #malware rejoice!

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/19/02/19/2119226/linux-subsystem-files-to-become-accessible-via-windows-file-explorer

#wsl #linux #microsoft

(Reposting with tags, sorry for the dupe.)

If someone can put me in touch with Patrick V. (of Slackware fame), I will help him with a new storefront.

Slackware was my first and it holds a special place in my heart.

#slackware #linux

I learned something new today.

While ${ORIGIN} is not honored in PT_INTERP, it is possible to use the ELF interpreter of your choice by specifying a _relative_ path. The caveat is, it’s relative from $PWD and not from the executable itself. That’s not as useful as it could be. #linux #elf