An alert developer appears to have prevented a backdoor — likely introduced into a compression utility by state-backed actors — from being distributed to production Linux systems. The malicious code ...

Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced that the Longterm supported Linux kernels are going to be supported for longer than previously announced.

Linux kernel developers are using AI to support project maintenance. Writing kernel code with AI remains an open question. Copyright and open-source licensing ...

At the Open Source Summit in Vienna, the Linux Foundation announced the establishment of the "Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust", a foundation with the mission of promoting the development of open ...

The disputes over the use of Linux's DMA mapping codes have another consequence: Christoph Hellwig, who started the whole thing with a publicly announced blockade, is stepping down as the maintainer ...

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An enterprising Linux developer has managed to cook up some tweaks for Linux that give a 6% boost to file system performance. As explained on X (formerly Twitter), Jens Axboe made just a couple of ...

Rina Asahi, a developer and VTuber involved in the development of Asahi Linux, a Linux distribution that aims to operate on a Mac equipped with the M1 chip, which is Apple's proprietary SoC, explains ...

NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s biggest mobile phone carrier, Wednesday expects to complete a $3 million investment in Linux software development company MontaVista Software, a DoCoMo spokeswoman said. The ...