Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the second released candidate for the Linux 3.7 kernel series.
Linux kernel 3.7 RC2 comes with a lot of new features, according to Linus Torvalds. Among the listed changes, we find that now the "uapi" includes file cleanups.
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When Linus Torvalds speaks, people tend to listen, not just because he is responsible for the Linux operating systems we used today, but because he always makes sense in what he's saying. Being a top-level maintainer for the Linux kernel must be an exhaustive job, especially if your name is Linus Torvalds. We usua... (read more)
On March 17, Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability of the third release candidate in the 3.9 branch of the Linux kernel. According to Linus Torvalds, this latest version of Linux kernel is not big and implements a regular number of changes and improvements. “Not as small as -rc2, but that on... (read more)
On January 9, Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the third release candidate for the Linux 3.8.x kernel series.
The development process is going back to a normal pace or at least this is what Linus Torvalds has told us in the announcement for the latest Linux kernel, 3.8 RC3.
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Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the third released candidate for the Linux 3.7 kernel series. According to Linus Torvalds, this new release candidate for the Linux kernel 3.7.x branch holds nothing extraordinary, with just a few memory leak fixes in USB serial drivers and some other stuff.
Most years, Linus Torvalds comes to Australia. He apparently likes the place, so the creator of the Linux kernel makes his way to the Australian national Linux conference in January.
Linus Torvalds has announced the immediate availability of the fifth release candidate in the 3.9 branch of the Linux kernel.
It seems that not even Easter could stop Linus Torvalds from launching yet another release candidate. The development for the latest version of the Linux kernel must go on.
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Linus Torvalds was invited to speak at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, and has an interesting position regarding the increasing complexity of the Linux kernel.
The Linux kernel has gotten bigger over the years and some parts of it are now so complicated that only a handful of people understand it.
Among the most visible features in the 3.6 kernel release is a “hybrid sleep” capability much like what has long been offered by Microsoft Windows. But plenty of other goodies also promise to improve life for Linux users, however.