Kernel News
May 01, 2008Embedded Maintainer for Linux Kernel Wanted
Apr 22, 2008Andrew Morton, the Linux Kernel 2.6 maintainer announced last week at the Embedded Linux Conference in Mountain View that he is looking for an architecture-independent embedded specialist.
more »X.org: Flicker-Free Boot by Migrating Mode Settings
Apr 21, 2008The X.org developers are working on moving a less prominent component from userspace to kernel space: mode setting controls.
more »Torvalds Releases Kernel 2.6.25: GPL Only Restriction Imposed
Apr 18, 2008Linus Torvalds has released the new 2.6.25 kernel just slightly behind schedule. Besides improvements to the CFS scheduler and a plethora of new drivers, the kernel also introduces a political aspect: it debars non-GPLd USB drivers.
more »Linux Foundation Survey Confirms Professionalism of Linux Kernel
Apr 01, 2008A recent survey by the Linux Foundation (LF) on Linux kernel development shows that the number of kernel developers has tripled in the last three years. In most cases the developers' work is funded by corporate sponsorship.
more »Kernel Development: Linux-next Complete
Mar 03, 2008The new "linux-next" Git tree, which aims to simplify and accelerate kernel development is more or less complete.
more »Kernel Next: Interim Step for More Efficiency
Feb 13, 2008Andrew Morton had a dream: a new kernel tree which would make kernel development easier to follow and more efficient. He looked for a maintainer and found one in Stephen Rothwell.
more »Local Vulnerabilities in Current Kernels
Feb 12, 2008Recent kernel versions back to the older kernel 2.6.17 may contain a vulnerability that can be exploited by local attackers.
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Google and NASA Partner in Quantum Computing Project
Vendor D-Wave scores big with a sale to NASA's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
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Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux
Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
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ack 2.0 Released
ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
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SUSE Studio 1.3 Released
New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
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RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
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OpenDaylight Project Formed
OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.