Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Linus Torvalds.
Linux chief Linus Torvalds has announced the eighth release candidate of Linux 6.1. Torvalds has been critical of codebase aspects in recent weeks. Still, the situation seems to have stabilized somewhat as we head close in on the final release. The announcement of the eighth release candidate (... Read more
4 months ago
Linux chief Linus Torvalds has warned contributors that the project's development cycle will clash with Christmas. Developers are advised to have their work ready prior to the holidays. The warning was included in Torvalds' weekly development update, where he also announced the release candidate... Read more
4 months ago
Version 5.18 of the Linux kernel has officially been released. The final release followed after eight release candidates. In the meantime, preparations for version 5.19 have started. According to Linux chief Linus Torvalds, the final release of version 5.18 hasn't undergone significant changes o... Read more
10 months ago
Linux 5.17 is available. The kernel strengthens support for RISC-V, AMD and Intel CPUs. 5.17 was delayed at the last minute due to the discovery of Spectre vulnerabilities in Intel and AMD processors. Lead developer Linus Torvalds pushed the deadline back by a week. The past few days were used t... Read more
1 year ago
Linus Torvalds confirms that the final 5.16 release of the Linux kernel has been delayed and will not take place until early January. In the release notes of the rc6 version of the v5.16 Linux kernel, Torvalds indicates that the final release will take place in early 2022. This is likely to be a... Read more
1 year ago
The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.15, gaining lots of functionality. 5.15 is the latest Long Term Support version for this year. According to Linus Torvalds, the release of the Linux kernel is the result of a 'calm' development process, despite the outcry from developers over the so... Read more
1 year ago
Linus Torvalds plans to pull Paragon Software’s NTFS driver into the 5.15 kernel source. However, he complained about the use of GitHub merge in the submission, saying that it creates “absolutely useless garbage merges.” Early last month, Torvalds made it known to Paragon Software that it ... Read more
2 years ago
Version 5.14 of the Linux kernel is on its way and may debut next week, after going through a rather uneventful development process. Linus Torvalds started this version on July 11th when he announced rc1 and told users to not expect any huge surprises and size-wise, to expect something within th... Read more
2 years ago
The fifth Linux Kernel version 5.13 has just been released, and Linus Torvalds believes that the release will start shrinking soon Linus Torvalds has been slightly concerned about how the releases have not calmed down yet. The rc5 is of average size, so he hopes that the releases will be shrinki... Read more
2 years ago
Linus Torvalds announced the launch of Linux 5.12. He said the update is small but was careful to mention that the next one will have more changes and will probably be bigger. Torvalds said that both the shortlog (appended) and the diffstat are small. He termed them a random collection of small ... Read more
2 years ago
