NSL is a new command-line tool that lets Linux users launch a login shell into any of seven prebuilt distros—Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS Stream, Arch, openSUSE Tumbleweed and Leap—with a single command. The tool mounts the host's home directory, keeps the user's UID, GID and passwordless sudo, forwards network ports, and passes through Wayland windows to the desktop. An --isolated flag can instead run a distro in its own VM with no access to host files or desktop actions.
frostyard.github.io
· 2026-09-29
Developers Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders independently got Meta's Muse AI agent to zip up and share its root filesystem, including Ubuntu system files, app templates, and internal documentation. Saunders said replicating the result was 'extremely easy' and that Muse showed 'almost no prompt injection resistance.' Meta says exporting this virtual machine data is expected behavior and not a security breach, since each user's Muse runs in its own persistent Linux VM.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-24
A ZDNET writer describes setting up Tailscale, a free service that links home computers—two physical machines and four virtual ones—into a secure private network called a tailnet. The setup allowed remote desktop access to all machines from abroad without configuring router settings or firewall rules, using tools already familiar to the user like Remote Desktop clients.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-26
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