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 explores new way of authenticating developers and their code - here's how it works ...

At Ubuntu Summit 2023 in Riga, Latvia, Canonical product manager Oliver Smith and engineering manager Ken VanDine introduced the Ubuntu Core Desktop. It's not shipping yet, but it's getting closer -- ...

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 Linux Weather Forecast Web site is a central repository of information regarding Linux kernel projects, allowing users to track development progress The nonprofit Linux Foundation has unveiled the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...