I truly hope they don’t retire it until there’s a true successor. Yast is in its own class of admin tools.

The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-32463 (CVSS score: 9.3), which affects Sudo versions prior to 1.9.17p1

Check your version: sudo --version

As mentioned above, sudo version 1.9.17p1 patches this. This version was already released in June of this year, so many distributions should have it.

Is there unpaid subscriptions?

Sadly, quite a few things. Here’s a few:

• Application support; some popular software is built with Windows in mind.
• One-click installers; Software usually comes with user-friendly installation wizards. No command lines or dependency juggling. Also better compatibility woth past versions
• Driver availability; Linux is getting better, but Windows is superior
• Better peripheral support like for printers, webcams, game controllers.
• Gaming performance; although Linux is gaining ground, Windows is just better in this regard
• Media codecs and formats; again, Linux is getting better, but this isn’t always an out-of-the-box experience
• Business integration; Windows plays nicely with enterprise tools like Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and legacy business apps.

Don’t get me wrong. I use Linux as my daily driver. That also means I get frustrated on occasion when again I must consult man pages instead of just running a troubleshooter or fiddling with Nvidia drivers instead of just running the game.

There are so many examples for this. Some that come to mind:

• “He has 30 years” instead of “He is 30 years old” (Spanish “Tiene 30 años”)
• “How do you call this?” instead of “What do you call this?” (e.g., French: Comment ça s’appelle? I think German too)
• “I’m going in the bus” instead of “I’m going on the bus”
• “She is more nice” instead of “She is nicer”

Apart from that, try explaining to a learner why “Read” (present) and “Read” (past) is spelled the same but pronounced differently.

Or plural (or do I capitalize that here? 🤔) inconsistencies: one “mouse,” two “mice”; but one “house,” two “houses.” To be fair, other languages do that stuff too.

https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2024/08/25/telegram-is-not-really-an-encrypted-messaging-app/

To get encryption one must start a “secret chat”. It’s an opt-in! Regular users will not even know the option exists, that’s how well hidden it is.

Regular chats? Plainly readable on the server.

Most of the alternatives mentioned have such low adoption that they aren’t truly viable options yet—no matter how much we wish otherwise.

And I say that not as a critic—I actually use Matrix, XMPP, and Jitsi myself. But guess how many of my friends, family, or colleagues are on them?

Exactly.

That’s why I recommend Signal. At least there, people are likely to find folks they already know.

I features, yes. By 10 miles.

Privacy? It isn’t driving anymore at this point.