Kernel 6.18 brings enhanced hardware support: updated and new drivers for many platforms across architectures (x86_64, ARM, RISC-V, MIPS, etc.), including improvements for GPUs, CPU power management, ...

A new LTS version means that the oldest LTS falls off the end. Kroah-Hartman also released kernel 5.4.302, which is the last ...

Novel kernel-native acceleration system brings application intelligence into the OS kernel, dramatically reducing costs and ...

Kernel 5.4’s retirement also reflects a broader shift: Linux’s long-term support strategy is evolving. LTS periods have ...

The Linux 6.18 stable kernel has officially been released, bringing a lot of major performance improvements and crucial ...

Linus Torvalds has released Linux kernel 6.18. There were many corrections in the final stages. Support runs until 2027.

Rust is becoming equal to assembler and C in programming the Linux kernel – at least officially, as there is still a lot of work to be done in practice.

For today, the trends are converging on the same conclusion: AI is becoming part of Linux's plumbing rather than a bolt-on gimmick. For now, the focus is squarely on augmenting maintainers under ...

For three decades, Linux has been written in the programming language C. But change could be coming. There's growing momentum behind an effort to make programming language Rust a second language to C ...

In the past decade, big competitive online games, especially first-person shooters like Activision-Blizzard’s Call of Duty and Bungie’s Destiny 2, have had to massively scale up their operations to ...

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