It's not that Linux's core developers are "old." After all, Linus Torvalds, Mr. Linux himself, is only 42. But for a few years now, the core Linux kernel developers have been aware that the top ...

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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 ...

Is AI making Linux development more chaotic? Linus Torvalds notes a strange "bump" in late-stage patches for Linux 7.0 that might delay the stable release.

A couple of weeks ago, Canonical – the people behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution – hosted a talk by the great Scott Jenson, ...

The open-source operating system project is steadily growing through any number of measurements: programmers, updates, and changes per hour. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Linux is more than just an operating system; it is a testament to the power of open source philosophy. Initiated by Linus Torvalds, Linux quickly became a flagbearer for open source development, ...

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