“Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided.” That two-line comment, submitted by major Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, accompanied a patch that removed about a dozen names from the kernle’s MAINTAINERS file. “Some entries” notably had either Russian names or .ru email… Read More »
Enlarge / Cutting metal with lasers is hard, but even harder when you don’t know the worst-case timings of your code. Getty Images reader comments 45 As is so often the case, a notable change in an upcoming Linux kernel is both historic and no big deal. If you wanted to use “Real-Time Linux” for… Read More »
Enlarge / Rust never sleeps. But Rust, the programming language, can be held at bay if enough kernel programmers aren’t interested in seeing it implemented. Getty Images reader comments 143 The Linux kernel is not a place to work if you’re not ready for some, shall we say, spirited argument. Still, one key developer in… Read More »
Enlarge / Cans of Tab diet soda on display in 2011. Tab was discontinued in 2020. There has never been a soda named “Spaces” that had a cult following. Getty Images reader comments 57 Anybody can contribute to the Linux kernel, but any person’s commit suggestion can become the subject of the kernel’s master and… Read More »
Enlarge / And there was much rejoicing, as a new Linux kernel version had arrived before its founder ran out of fingers and toes for counting. Getty Images reader comments 45 with 31 posters participating, including story author Share this story A stable version of Linux 6.0 is out, with 15,000 non-merge commits and a… Read More »