After 34 years, the Linux kernel writes down a backup plan for the chaos if Torvalds exit suddenly ...

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...

Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds ...

"In the absence of an agreed-upon process, the community would find itself playing Calvinball at an awkward time." ...

Linus Torvalds started the Linux project in 1991, developing a Unix-like kernel inspired by Andrew S. Tanenbaum's Minix.

The Linux kernel, written in C, is no longer experimental. The 'experimental' tag has been removed after a discussion at the Maintainers Summit. The Linux kernel is written in C, which means it is ...

You’ve probably heard — we’re currently experiencing very high RAM prices due mostly to increased demand from AI data centers ...

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The Linux kernel provides support for memory management, interprocess communication mechanisms, interrupt management, and TCP / IP networking. The directory structure separates architecture-dependent ...

An exciting new announcement is the formation of the Open Gaming Collective, a collaborative organisation between many names ...

Just what every Linux system administrator wants just before the holidays: A serious Linux kernel security bug. The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a zero-day security research firm, announced a new Linux ...