Linux Kernel 2.6.31 Brings USB 3.0
Sep 10, 2009Seventy percent drivers, about six percent firmware and sound and many filesytem updates. That's how Linus Torvalds describes the the biggest changes to the new Kernel 2.6.31.
more »Ingo Molnar Tests New BF Scheduler
Sep 08, 2009Kernel developer Ingo Molnar has done a benchmark test to compare his Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) with the recently released BFS from Australian Con Kolivas.
more »Kroah-Hartman: Remove Hyper-V Driver from Kernel?
Sep 07, 2009Microsoft caused a sensation with its release of its Hyper-V virtualization driver -- now its inclusion in the Linux kernel could be in doubt.
more »Con Kolivas Introduces New BFS Scheduler
Sep 02, 2009After two years deep into Linux, the Australian Con Kolivas has emerged with a new scheduler that above all should provide significantly better performance on dual and quad processors.
more »Linus Torvalds in Live Streaming from LinuxCon
Sep 01, 2009The Linux Foundation will be holding its first LinuxCon conference from September 21 through 23 in Portland, Oregon. Linus Torvalds and Mark Shuttleworth will be among the speakers, and Linux Pro Magazine Online will do a live stream, free for the keynotes.
more »Windows Kernel: Unified Kernel Version 0.2.4.1
Sep 01, 2009The Unified Kernel, alias Longene, set itself the goal to natively support Windows programs. The newest version upgrades the Kernel version to 2.6.30.
more »Canonical Contributing Too Little to Kernel Development?
Aug 24, 2009This week the Linux Foundation published statistics of the people and companies behind the kernel development. Canonical is not mentioned at all.
more »Kernel Statistics: Who's Writing Linux?
Aug 19, 2009Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jonathan Corbet and Amanda McPherson have published the new Linux developer statistics.
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