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Torvalds: Stick To C For Kernel Coding
News Torvalds noted that, while C++ has other more appropriate uses,it is not appropriate for the kernel, along with other programming languages. "We have certain rules for what we expect [from] our programmers," Torvalds told ZDNet.com.au.
[February 13, 2008, 12:06]
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 Wraps Up Work On Linux Core
News Torvalds, who founded the Linux kernel project in the early 1990s, on Thursday finalised the 2.5.75 kernel, which he said would be the last in the series. The 2.5.75 kernel integrates an anticipatory scheduler that has long been in development, and...
[July 11, 2003, 12:17]
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. The bug-fix kernel cycle may come along sooner than expected...
[May 9, 2006, 18:15]
Torvalds: Retirement Won't See Death Of Linux
News When asked what would happen if he decided to retire from co-ordinating kernel development, Torvalds said it certainly would not be the death of Linux. If Linus Torvalds stepped away from his position as co-ordinator of the Linux kernel, it is...
[February 7, 2008, 17:18]
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 Attacks IT Industry 'security Circus'
News In an email to the Linux kernel developer mailing list, Torvalds said a section of the security industry was dedicated to finding bugs in software only to publicise their findings and gain notoriety. The row erupted in the Gmane mailing list after...
[July 17, 2008, 13:53]
Torvalds: 'I'm Just A Technology Whore'
News Torvalds, who initially created Linux for the Intel x86 platform, revealed to the Linux Kernel Mailing List in February during a discussion on kernel size reduction that his main desktop machine no longer featured an x86 processor.
[March 9, 2005, 9:00]
Linux On Itanium Passes Milestone
News Mosberger said he hopes programmers will build new versions of Linux daily off Torvalds' kernel so new bugs can be stamped out quickly. The version uses Torvalds' 2.5 development version of the kernel, or heart, of Linux, which in coming months is...
[August 5, 2003, 10:20]
Linux Kernel 2.6 Heads For Final Testing
News Kernel version 2.6.0-test11 made its way onto the Web late on Wednesday, before Torvalds said he was clocking off for the US' long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released a fresh test version of the long-delayed 2.6...
[November 27, 2003, 12:45]
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. I don't use GNOME, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached...
[January 4, 2006, 11:25]
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. Torvalds added that he plans to get tough on people that add things to the kernel too late.
[November 11, 2005, 11:25]
Linux Kernel An 'invisible Magician', Says Torvalds
News I think the pressure has been off the kernel for a long time now, because a lot of the new features have been about user-land and most people haven't even noticed the kernel," Torvalds said. When asked if the kernel has hit a level of maturity...
[February 12, 2008, 11:27]
Torvalds Advocates Daily Kernel Performance Tests
News Torvalds 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 release kernels means that there will be a two-month lag between telling developers that...
[March 30, 2005, 17:00]
Linux Kernel Gets Quick Fix
News Torvalds said in a message on the kernel.org Web site that he hastily repaired the problem after receiving a report that someone using SuSE with the 2.4.11 kernel had encountered problems. I made a 2.4.12, and renamed away the sorry excuse for a...
[October 11, 2001, 16:27]
Red Hat Releases Linux 2.6 Update
News Even though it's still a test kernel, calling it "2.6" is a signal for programmers to get down to work testing and stamping out bugs rather than experimenting with new ideas, Torvalds said in a posting to the Linux Kernel Mailing List.
[July 18, 2003, 15:06]
Torvalds Rules Out GPL3 For Linux
News Conversion isn't going to happen," Torvalds said in a posting to the Linux kernel mailing list. For example, Torvalds worked for years on proprietary software at chip designer Transmeta, and he permits proprietary video card drivers to be loaded as...
[January 27, 2006, 8:20]
Torvalds: Look For Linux On Desktops And Phones
News Torvalds also predicted that the next version of the Linux kernel would be out by the autumn, though he said the date could slip. Torvalds told a crowd of about 400 people during a meeting of the Bay Area Linux Users Group Tuesday night that he...
[June 16, 1999, 15:52]
OSDL Signs Off New Linux Rules
News The group, which employs Linux founder Linus Torvalds, said the new system will require that contributions to the Linux kernel only be made by developers who agree to submit code under "appropriate" open-source licences.
[May 24, 2004, 15:20]
Torvalds: Linux Kernel Release Timing Was Mistake
News Asked whether the release schedule would be pushed back to accommodate his attendance at the linux.conf.au conference, Torvalds said he normally would not have made the release but people were asking whether the kernel would be in limbo for week.
[February 12, 2008, 12:20]
