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sudo-rs Breaks Historical Norms With Now Enabling Password Feedback By Default

Phoronix - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 05:31
On recent builds of Ubuntu 26.04 when being prompted by sudo for the password, password feedback is now enabled by default to show asterisk (*) characters when inputting your password. Traditionally sudo has not provided password feedback in the name of security to not divulge the length of your password in case anyone is looking/capturing your screen. But upstream sudo-rs has now changed the default behavior in the name of an improved UX...

Microsoft Updates DirectX Shader Compiler With Improved Vulkan Driver Interoperability

Phoronix - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 04:18
Microsoft has published a new version of its open-source DirectX Shader Compiler. Besides adding Shader Model 6.9 production support, making this DX Compiler update interesting to us are the SPIR-V back-end improvements and enhancing interoperability with Vulkan drivers...

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