Hey everyone,

I’m working on a project to create a sandbox that can run files in a contained environment and monitor behaviors like file modifications, network calls, and memory access. The idea is to capture these behaviors and save them in a "blueprint" data structure for later analysis.

Here’s what I’m trying to achieve:

1. Run files safely within a sandbox to keep the host system secure.

2. Track file, network, and memory behaviors.

3. Save the observed behaviors in a compact data structure, acting as a fingerprint for each process.

Main challenges:

- How to ensure containment so the executable doesn’t affect the host system.

- How to structure the blueprint data in a way that’s both detailed and efficient.

- Choosing between Go or C++ for a low-level, efficient approach.

If you’ve worked on something similar or have any resources or tips, I’d love to hear from you! Thanks!

Hi all,

I was trying to figure out an easy way to disable my laptop's touchscreen with Wayland, and it turns out it's not easy.

When Wayland replaced the X11 server, XWayland apparently didn't support existing applications like xinput, which were previously used for a lot of things, among them controlling input devices like a touchscreen.

So far as I've been able to figure out, the only way to disable a touchscreen with Wayland is to unregister the touchscreen device itself from the HID driver. This is a bit of a painful process, so I made a shell script to try to automate it as much as possible.

I try to detect the touchscreen two ways: 1) looking through /proc/bus/input/devices, and 2) looking through /var/log/syslog and /var/log/dmesg, for a device with 'Touchscreen' in the name. The HID driver can be detected at disable time, but I can't detect it again at enable time, so the user will have to pass it along as an option or hard-code the option.

(On internet forums people recommend disabling a specific driver like 'hid-multitouch', but actually on my system, 'hid-multitouch' is used by the Elan touchpad, whereas the touchscreen is a Wacom device, using the 'hid-generic' driver)

It's definitely not fool-proof, but it might work for others. It works for me on Ubuntu 24 on a Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 w/touchscreen. Here's the code: https://gist.github.com/peterwwillis/0912a8acb9f1464c0a99b569bf1f327c

Today marks my 6th time. I tried installing a driver off of Nvidia's website and it messed up the graphics drivers up. The last time I messed it up (2 weeks ago), (this may sound stupid) I accidentally uninstalled the DE when I was installing something for Davinci Resolve. How many times have you messed up your installation?

I'm sure the answer is "yes" but I really want to make sure to not make myself seem like a fool.

I've been using linux for almost a year now, and almost everything is faster than Windows. You technically have more effective ram thanks to zram which, as far as I'm aware, does a better job than windows' memory compression, you get access to other file systems that are faster than ntfs, and most, if not every linux distro just isn't as bloated as windows... and on the GPU side of things if you're an AMD GPU user you basically get better performance for free thanks to the magical gpu drivers, which help make up for running games through compatibility layers.

On every machine I've tried Linux on, it has consistently proven that it just uses the hardware better.

I know this is the Linux sub, and people are going to be biased here, and I also literally listed examples as to why Linux is faster, but I feel like there is one super wizard who's been a linux sysadmin for 20 years who's going to tell me why Linux is actually just as slow as windows.

Edit: I define "objectively faster" as "Linux as an umbrella term for linux distros in general is faster than Windows as an umbrella term for 10/11 when it comes down to purely OS/driver stuff because that's just how it feels. If it is not objectively faster, tell me."

Waking up today with a headache from drinks yesterday and urgent missed calls. I see one of my VMs finished benchmark tests and proceed to reformat the SSD to proceed with next steps.

I wiped the wrong SSD.

I used to be a photographer, videographer, competitive ballroom dancer, and avid traveller chronicling asian silk road communities.

17 years poof because I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

P.S. always check your disk numbers and connectors especially if you have 4 of the exact same SSDs.

P.P.S. Thanks for reaching out y'all. Brothers and sisters, I'm in asia, costs of everything is skyrocketing with the temperatures. Electricity costs are nuts now. Can't afford cloud. I do have 20+ HDD archives, but not everything is on them because those are slow platters designed for long term disconnected cold storages (Toshiba drives)

I saw that there were too many command line "x" tools made that interact with Xorg server. Will wayland be capable to replace every single one? Or, is there a compatibilty layer with full support that we will still be able to use all the X tools?

I can setup SIP and have that ready.

Life would be easy for me if i could recieve phonecalls to my business phoneline in my linux laptop. Tried Jami and Bria but that doesn't work for incoming calls to a phonenumber. Atleast not for me and my potential skillissues.

After going fulltime linux November last year, this is the absolute only thing i'm missing from Windows. I REFUSE to ever touch anything windows related again.

EDIT: Forgot to mention i'm on wayland btw!

update: Linphone seems to work, some crashes for some reason.

Zoiper is x11 only.

The project, which began as my portfolio, is evolving into a community support space. Initially, the idea was to create something that would aid me on my learning path, but it has now grown into something I hope can benefit a broader community. The goal is for this platform to be useful to everyone—entirely non-profit and open to anyone who wishes to contribute, in whatever way they can.

If you’re a Linux engineer, DevOps, or Security professional, and you’re interested in sharing knowledge and experiences, I invite you to join.

PS: Feel free to share suggestions, comments, critiques, improvements, etc.

Thanks in advance to everyone.

Site: https://www.linuxsecops.org/

I have a project where I have to share my terminal with several users. I'm using SLES 15 SP6. I'm using Linux for several years but never had the requirement to share my session (I'm also surprised that this was not needed earlier :D). I came across screen and tmux but all the comparisons I found were using older versions. What are your experiences with these tools and why do you prefer which tool? Thank you very much.

I only utilized github in the past to store my school projects or make a mockup project. I'm clearly a beginner at these game.

Here is the link of my repository. Your comments and suggestions will boost my knowledge in this game.

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