The latest Linux kernel release closes out the 6.x era - and it's a gift to cloud admins

Linux 6.19 is ready for deployment, while 7.0 is now in the works. This release boasts several performance boosts.  The single biggest improvement is for clouds. Ring the bells, sound the trumpet, the ...
OSTechNix

Linux Kernel 6.19 is Officially Released

Linus Torvalds releases 6.19. Discover the 300% TCP boost, PCIe Link Encryption, Live Update Orchestrator for VMs, and more.

Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel Version 7.0: A New Era Begins

Torvalds' preference for version numbers that he can count on his fingers and toes adds a personal touch to the otherwise technical world of software development. The Linux kernel versioning system ...

The Linux community now has a succession plan for when Linus Torvalds checks out, after an apparently uplifting discussion about 'our eventual march toward death'

"In the absence of an agreed-upon process, the community would find itself playing Calvinball at an awkward time." ...
PC Gamer

Linux researcher and developer says 'there are bugs in your kernel right now that won't be found for years. I know because I analyzed 125,183 of them'

Platforms Steam Proton will no longer forget the entire reason it exists if you have a humungous library, as of the most recent client beta Windows Microsoft says the Windows 11 boot failure bug is ...
Linux Journal

Linux Kernel 6.19-rc4 Released as Development Marches On

The Linux kernel development cycle continues with the release of Linux 6.19-rc4, the fourth release candidate in the lead-up to the final 6.19 stable kernel. As with previous RC builds, this release ...
GitHub

Kernel source tree for AvaotaSBC-provided kernel builds.

Linux 5.15 LTS Linux LTS Kernel https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ linux-5.15.154 In summary, this workflow automates the merging of specified versions of ...
LinuxInsider

The Year of the Linux Desktop? This Time, the Data Says Yes

The annual assertion by open-source developers that the year of the Linux desktop is here may finally be more than a mere catchphrase. According to the web traffic analysis website StatCounter, Linux ...
TMCnet

Akamai Delivers Infrastructure Support to Ensure Uninterrupted Linux Kernel Development

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Development work on the Linux kernel — the core software that underpins the open source Linux operating system — has a new infrastructure partner in ...
Thurrott

From the Editor’s Desk: The Problem is You (Premium)

In October 2022, Linus Torvalds merged the first Rust code into the Linux kernel. It's been a firestorm of controversy ever since. And that controversy just claimed its latest victim, Asahi Linux lead ...
The Record

Russia says it might build its own Linux community after removal of several kernel maintainers

Russia has called Linux’s recent delisting of several Russian kernel maintainers “an act of discrimination” and pledged to establish an independent development community for the open-source operating ...