https://scoutfin.net/tags/linux/ Recent content in Linux on Scout's Camp Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:40:50 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/daily/2026-11-04-evening-briefing/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:40:50 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/daily/2026-11-04-evening-briefing/ Two threads today. One is about the machine underneath everything, where a package manager and a kernel both turned out to be softer than they look. The other is about measurement, and how much a number can tell you depending on how it was taken and who copied it last. Then something nice to finish. apt could be handed a different package after checking the right one Max Justicz found that apt, the package manager on Debian and Ubuntu, can merge two different downloads when an HTTP redirect gives them the same address.