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Linux gets Bluetooth

Support for Bluetooth has been added to the Linux development kernel, a step toward native Bluetooth support in upcoming releases of the... Read more

27 May, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Torvalds advocates daily kernel performance tests

...said it would be useful to continually test the performance of the development kernel, so that inefficient code can be spotted more easily. "Doing just... Read more

30 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Torvalds wraps up work on Linux core

Linus Torvalds has published the last release of the current Linux development kernel, clearing the way to start work on the long-anticipated 2... Read more

11 July, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Torvalds admits Linux kernel concerns

Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux and maintainer of the development kernel, has agreed with his second-in-command, Andrew Morton, that the... Read more

9 May, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Linux kernel 'getting buggier'

...they should send it to him, not Linus Torvalds, who maintains the development kernel. Morton manages the "-mm" code branch, which is where patches are... Read more

5 May, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Bringing free software to the masses

...freedom. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of its development kernel, has said he doesn't like the DRM provisions in GPL3... Read more

13 April, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Free software's white knight

'I live in a world where software has freed me,' says Eben Moglen, explaining his commitment to software freedom Read more

15 March, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

GNOME and KDE battle rages on

...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... Read more

4 January, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Torvalds seeks Linux testers this Christmas

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of its development kernel, appealed on Saturday for people to test the latest release candidate... Read more

28 December, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Torvalds gets tough on kernel coders

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, is cracking down on developers that add last-minute changes to... Read more

11 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

'False alarms' delay Linux kernel release

...September. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, said the delay in the release was disappointing as it was... Read more

1 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linux development slows

...thread, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, expressed concerns that the kernel development process may need to be... Read more

26 September, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

The ups and downs of life with Linus

...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... Read more

1 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linux kernel to include IPv6 firewall

...Linux founder Linus Torvalds, who is the lead maintainer of the Linux development kernel. The 2.6.12 kernel is likely to be available in... Read more

21 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Industry group fights SCO with Linux education

...scientific method of peer review." Linus Torvalds created Linux and maintains the development kernel. As a starting point, OSDL is distributing a simplified graphical representation... Read more

27 November, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

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