Linux 7.2-rc1 hits 43 million source lines. We ran cloc, tokei, scc, and wc -l and explain exactly why each tool gives a ...

The Linux kernel development team has officially released Linux Kernel 7.1, marking the first major update in the 7.x series.

Today, as Corbet said, "We are up to just over 40 million lines of code at this point. It's fair to say that, indeed, Linux has become big and professional." The first thing he noted was that, no ...

Linux kernel strncpy removed in Linux 7.2 after 362 patches and six years of coordinated work. The dangerous C string ...

The new kernel, Linux 7.1, brings a modern NTFS driver and activates Intel's FRED by default. Furthermore, the use of AI in ...

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The Linux Foundation's Greg Kroah-Hartman delivered a comprehensive talk this week on the current state and future challenges of Linux kernel security. Speaking at the Open Source Summit (OSS) Japan ...

When Rust first made its way into the Linux kernel in late 2022 (mainline inclusion began with version 6.1), it didn’t merely introduce a new programming language, it marked a profound shift in how we ...

The latest version of the Linux kernel, Linux 7.1, has officially arrived with a strong focus on modernization, stability improvements and long-term maintainability. While the update does not ...