Linux kernel maintainers propose a less painful process for identifying developers. See how it can make Linux code safer than ever.

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform ...

Linus Torvalds, the creator and lead maintainer of the Linux kernel, officially confirmed that the next version after Linux 6.19 will be dubbed Linux 7.0. In the announcement, he made clear that the ...

The Linux desktop will continue to grow. Linux and open-source security will both improve. Firefox is in deep, deep trouble. Clearly, AI will play a larger role in Linux and open source next year, but ...

Insisting that they have "repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses, and the greater Linux ecosystem," today the Linux kernel community has started petitioning for open-source ...

The Linux kernel development community is emphasizing the need for open source device drivers, in a statement released Monday. While the vast majority of device drivers have open source, there are a ...

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In the past couple of days, the Linux kernel saw quite a bit of patch releases. We have 4.15.4, 4.14.20, 4.9.82, 4.4.116 and even 3.18.95. More information can be found at the Linux Kernel Archives ...