XDA Developers on MSN

I turned an old Android phone into a home server, and it outperformed my Raspberry Pi

I'd pick a phone over Raspberry Pi any day.

There's a surprising amount of major games you can't play on Valve's Steam Machine - here are eight of the biggest, and why

Valve's Steam Machine faces more problems than a hefty price tag, and it's all to do with cheaters and the lengths companies ...
MUO on MSN

I gave my Android a terminal, and it became my most capable computer

My pocket computer got a lot more interesting.
Hackaday

Linux On Android Provides Inexpensive, Powerful Computing

In some parts of the world it’s common for cell service providers to sell new phones at a price significantly below market value, with the caveat that these phones are locked to that service provider ...
tech2geek

DroidDesk Turns Your Android Phone Into a Real Linux PC — No Root Required

Running Linux on Android isn’t exactly a new idea. Over the years, we’ve seen countless projects attempting to turn Android smartphones into lightweight Linux machines. Most of them, however, end up ...
9to5google

How to install the latest Android 17 Beta on Google Pixel

This will be the last major Android OS update for the Pixel 6 series (not Pixel 6a), with updates set to end in October 2026. Google’s latest Pixel 10a release, is not yet supported. As of May 19, the ...
Liliputing

Turning an $80 Android tablet into a Debian Linux PC

Smartphones and tablets are basically little computers with touchscreen displays. But since most ship with mobile operating systems like Android or iPadOS, they’re often tightly tied to Google or ...
Bleeping Computer

New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros

A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux distributions with a single command. Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim, who disclosed ...
Forbes

Update Linux Now As 9-Year-Old Root Hack Confirmed, CISA Warns Users

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SecurityWeek

Easily Exploitable ‘Pack2TheRoot’ Linux Vulnerability Leads to Root Access

A race condition in PackageKit allows unprivileged users to escalate privileges when installing packages. An easily exploitable, high-severity vulnerability in the PackageKit cross-distro package ...
BGR

5 Reasons I Chose Android Over iPhone As A Power User

Since buying my first smartphone more than a decade ago, I've always found parts of both iOS and Android appealing. Using an iPhone feels good, and for the most part, the phone just does all the ...
Bleeping Computer

New ‘Pack2TheRoot’ flaw gives hackers root Linux access

A new vulnerability dubbed Pack2TheRoot could be exploited in the PackageKit daemon to allow local Linux users to install or remove system packages and gain root permissions. The flaw is identified as ...