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Torvalds gets tough on kernel coders
News Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, is cracking down on developers that add last-minute changes to the kernel. The kernel development team recently set a policy that new features must be added to the...
[November 11, 2005, 11:25]
Linux gets Bluetooth
News Support for Bluetooth has been added to the Linux development kernel, a step toward native Bluetooth support in upcoming releases of the Linux operating system. On 8 May the Linux Bluetooth protocol stack made its debut in version 2.5.14 of the...
[May 27, 2002, 16:39]
Torvalds wraps up work on Linux core
News Linus Torvalds has published the last release of the current Linux development kernel, clearing the way to start work on the long-anticipated 2.6 kernel. The 2.5 kernel is a development project, aimed at experimenting with new technologies, and...
[July 11, 2003, 12:17]
The ups and downs of life with Linus
News Linux kernel maintainer Alan Cox has given an insight into the experience of working with Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux who maintains its development kernel. During a talk last weekend at the Free and Open source Software Developers European...
[March 1, 2005, 17:15]
Linux development slows
News Linus Torvalds' deputy has claimed that the development of the Linux kernel is slowing down, with noticeably less features and bug fixes planned for a future version. In the same mailing list thread, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the...
[September 26, 2005, 13:45]
Torvalds admits Linux kernel concerns
News Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux and maintainer of the development kernel, has agreed with his second-in-command, Andrew Morton, that the Linux kernel is becoming more bug-ridden. Morton, the maintainer of the production kernel, said in a talk...
[May 9, 2006, 18:15]
Linux kernel developer's guide published
News A guide to the kernel development process aims to encourage participation by new programmers by explaining what's involved. Some developers and businesses attempting to submit changes to the Linux kernel find themselves tangled up with the...
[August 15, 2008, 15:43]
Linux not yet middle-aged, says Torvalds
News Linus Torvalds, initiator of the Linux kernel that drives the GNU/Linux operating system, said in an email this week that Linux is still rapidly evolving 10 years after its creation, although this can lead to difficulties in managing kernel...
[November 27, 2001, 12:12]
Torvalds launches Linux 2.6 beta
News Torvalds took leave from chipmaker Transmeta two weeks ago to begin undistracted, full-time work on the Linux kernel at the Open Source Development Labs . Even though it's still a test kernel, calling it "2.6" is a signal for programmers to get...
[July 15, 2003, 8:54]
Torvalds moves next Linux into final phase
News Linux leader Linus Torvalds has moved the development of the upcoming 2.6 kernel of the open-source operating system to a new phase aimed solely at making the heart of the OS less likely to crash. Torvalds confines his work to the operating system...
[October 10, 2003, 12:10]
'False alarms' delay Linux kernel release
News Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, said the delay in the release was disappointing as it was partly caused by mistaken bug reports and was therefore potentially unnecessary.was delayed twice due to...
[November 1, 2005, 12:20]
GNOME and KDE battle rages on
News In mid December, Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of its development kernel, said KDE was superior to its main alternative desktop environment, GNOME. Here's the father of the Linux kernel bashing GNOME and their severe dumbing...
[January 4, 2006, 11:25]
Linux kernel gains serviceability features
News We expect it to be really valuable for the kernel development team, permitting us to gather detailed information regarding kernel bugs from our worldwide testing team," said Andrew Morton, one of the kernel maintainers.
[December 15, 2006, 8:45]
Linux developers lose complacency
News During the last four months, unknown intruders have breached the security around servers hosting programs and code published by the Linux kernel development team, the Debian Project, the Gentoo Linux Project and the GNU Project, which manages the...
[December 10, 2003, 8:20]
Row brewing over Linux patches
News It took just over three months to stabilise Linux 2.2, a production kernel, and start development on Linux 2.3, a test kernel used only for development. On Monday, Rob Landley, a computer programmer, writer and Linux evangelist, posted a proposal...
[February 1, 2002, 6:01]
Linux developers prioritise security
News We aim to keep the process as open as possible," said Chris Wright, Linux kernel developer at Open Source Development Labs. Disclosure of security issues has been a heated debate, both for the kernel development group and in the software community...
[February 3, 2005, 8:15]
New Linux in the wild
News An open-source advocacy and development group has released a test version of the next Linux kernel, which may be finalised by the end of the year. The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) on Monday launched test9, the latest beta of the Linux 2.6...
[October 28, 2003, 7:40]
Debian team confirm Linux flaw allowed attack
News The Debian Project warned on Monday that a flaw in the Linux kernel helped attackers compromise four of the open-source software project's development servers. Members of the development team found the flaw in September and fixed the latest version...
[December 2, 2003, 10:15]
Linux kernel rewrite claims denied
News Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), which promotes the adoption of the Linux operating system, has denied that it plans to rewrite the Linux kernel to combat claims that it infringes some software patents.
[January 18, 2005, 12:25]
Linux gets core code update
News Tosatti, the person who oversees development of the 2.4-series kernel, and Torvalds, the original creator of the Linux kernel and now the person who oversees the kernel development process, have signed off on the latest version of the core code...
[June 16, 2003, 8:44]
