464: AI Security: Tool or Threat? Plus Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon"
Show notes
Destination Linux Episode 464 welcomes special guest host Craig Rowland, founder of Sandfly Security, to join the crew for an exploration of the rapidly evolving intersection of Artificial Intelligence and digital defense.
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Licensing & The FSF: The show kicks off with a look at the community's reaction to OnlyOffice and its recent attempt to add "logo retention" requirements to its AGPLv3 license, a move the Free Software Foundation (FSF) officially declared a forbidden "further restriction". Discussion also touches on the potential for a GPLv4 to combat mandatory ID verification and the importance of decentralized tools like GNU Jami.
The AI Security Deep Dive: Craig Rowland provides expert insight into how LLMs are revolutionizing code auditing. While some remain skeptical, the episode highlights how these systems relentlessly pursue vulnerabilities at a scale human auditors cannot match, as evidenced by the CopyFail exploit discovery.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon": A comprehensive overview of Canonical's latest Long Term Support release. Key features discussed include GNOME 50, the transition to a Wayland-only environment, Linux Kernel 7.0, and the groundbreaking addition of out-of-the-box NVIDIA CUDA and AMD ROCm support.
News Roundup: The team call the hot Linux news, including Linux kernel approaching 40 million lines of code, and Local LLMs in Development: A look at how kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman is utilizing a local LLM ("gkh_clanker_t1000") to assist with bug fixes in the mainline kernel.
00:00:00 Welcome to Destination Linux
00:01:04 Community Feedback
00:14:16 Sponsored by Sandfly Security
00:16:25 Shout Out to Our Supporters
00:18:04 Security Scoop with Craig: Auditing Code with LLMs
00:33:18 CopyFail Exploit Found With LLM Assistance
00:41:24 iOS Ghost Notification Patch
00:46:33 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released
00:57:57 News Roundup: The Linux Kernel is Getting Huge
01:00:03 gkh_clanker_t1000
01:03:17 Closing Thoughts
Special Guest: Craig Rowland.
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