July, 2026

CVE-2026-31431 (Copy Fail): Root with a Single Python Script — A 9-Year Linux Kernel Blight On April 29, 2026, the security research team Theori disclosed a Linux kernel vulnerability codenamed Copy Fail, numbered CVE-2026-31431, with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High). But what makes this vulnerability truly unsettling isn’t the score — it’s three facts:... » read more

TinyMediaManager Advanced: Batch Organization, Automated Workflows, and Docker Unattended Operation The first two articles covered what TMM is and how to install it. This one goes further — how to make TMM truly shine. If you already have hundreds or thousands of movies, scraping them one by one manually is impractical. The real way to... » read more

TinyMediaManager Ubuntu Installation and Configuration: Set Up Your Media Library Preprocessing Center Step by Step The previous article introduced what TMM is. Now let’s get hands-on. I’ll cover two installation methods: Direct Installation (suitable for desktop environments) and Docker Deployment (suitable for server/NAS headless operation). Choose based on your situation. Method 1: Direct Installation on... » read more

TinyMediaManager: The Metadata Power Tool for Movie Enthusiasts Have you ever experienced this — You scan your movie library in Emby or Jellyfin, and half the covers are empty. After it finally finishes scanning, you find that “The Matrix” got matched as “Mr. Robot,” and “Inception” has a Japanese poster. You spend an hour fixing... » read more

Supermium Usage Guide: Download, Configuration, Tuning — Everything You Need to Know The previous article introduced what Supermium is. Now for something practical — how to install it, configure it, and tune it to be exactly what you want. Supermium is based on Chromium, so its operation is largely the same as Chrome. But it... » read more

Supermium: The Amazing Browser That Lets Windows XP Run the Latest Chrome Engine Do you have an old computer gathering dust? Windows XP, Vista, or an antique laptop running Windows 7 — too precious to throw away, yet unusable because the browser has long since stopped working. Chrome and Firefox dropped support for these systems... » read more

Kitty: A GPU-Rendered Terminal That Doesn’t Feel Like a Traditional Terminal Have you ever done this in a terminal — cat a log file that’s tens of MB in size, watching the screen scroll line by line, stuttering as it goes? Or wanted to view an image directly in the terminal, only to find you... » read more

WindTerm: Open-Source Cross-Platform SSH Terminal, A Swiss Army Knife for Sysadmins Have you ever had this experience — You open a terminal to connect to a server, only to find you need to open FileZilla to transfer files. Then you switch to serial debugging, which requires yet another piece of software. Want to view logs... » read more

From Cloudflare Pages to EdgeOne Makers: A Chinese Developer’s Migration Story If you’re a frontend developer or someone who runs their own personal site, you’re probably familiar with Cloudflare Pages. Git push, auto-build, global CDN distribution, and edge functions — a powerful combination that simplifies static site hosting to the extreme. But if you’re serving... » read more

Once you have xh installed, this article will get you up to speed quickly. It covers common scenarios like GET/POST/Headers/Sessions/Download/curl translation — read through and you’ll be able to use it in your daily work. Basic Requests GET — The Simplest Start xh httpbin.org/get Colorful JSON response instantly — no need to even write -X... » read more

If you’ve ever wrestled with curl syntax — -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"key":"value"}' — and thought there has to be a better way, you’re not alone. xh is a Rust-powered command-line HTTP client that reimplements HTTPie’s intuitive design with far better performance. What is xh? xh is a friendly, fast tool for sending... » read more

macOS users can install xh even more easily than on Linux — one Homebrew command and you’re done. Whether you’re using Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) or Intel, it works right out of the box. Homebrew (Recommended) Homebrew is the most popular package manager for macOS, and xh is in the main repository: brew install xh Verify... » read more

To be honest, I’ve always had one regret: Linux has so many excellent terminal AI agents, but what about GUI applications? My parents don’t know how to open a terminal. My colleagues don’t want to touch the command line to write documents. Don’t Linux desktop users deserve a nice-looking AI chat window? —Of course they... » read more

Have you ever had this experience? You open a terminal, facing a wall of error messages, not knowing where to start. Copy and paste into ChatGPT, switch back to the terminal to execute, nope — switch back to ask again, switch back… I’ve had enough of that. So this weekend, I spent two days testing... » read more

I spent an afternoon today tinkering with the blog, giving the homepage a fresh look. There weren’t many changes — just three things: removing that huge welcome banner, adding a sidebar, and fixing the categories. But each one was more trouble than I expected. Writing it down for the record — maybe it’ll be useful... » read more

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Talking about input methods on Linux, what probably comes to mind is fcitx, Sogou Pinyin Input Method, Rime, and the like. Actually, there are quite a few good Linux input methods available nowadays. I’ve collected them for everyone. The list is in no particular order: Baidu Input Method Download link: https://srf.baidu.com/site/guanwang_linux/ Sogou Input Method Download... » read more