Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds

Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds ...

The Linux community now has a succession plan for when Linus Torvalds checks out, after an apparently uplifting discussion about 'our eventual march toward death'

"In the absence of an agreed-upon process, the community would find itself playing Calvinball at an awkward time." ...

Succession: Linux kernel community gets continuity plan for post-Linus era

Conclave doc outlines path to eternal releases The Linux kernel project has finally answered one of the biggest questions ...
Linux Journal

Inside the Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG): A New Layer of Kernel Integrity Protection

LKRG (short for Linux Kernel Runtime Guard) is a loadable kernel module that continuously monitors the health and integrity ...
ZDNet

Android Oreo: Google adds in more Linux kernel security features

Google has outlined four key kernel hardening features its engineers have backported from upstream Linux to Android kernels on devices that ship with Android 8.0 Oreo. They will benefit "all Android ...
OMG! Ubuntu

Linux Mint 22.3 Released, This is What’s New

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is here. Built on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, it brings a new-look app menu, Linux 6.14 kernel, and a pair of new system management tools.
ZDNet

20 years later, real-time Linux makes it to the kernel - really

An RTOS is a specialized operating system designed to handle time-critical tasks with precision and reliability. Unlike general-purpose operating systems like Windows or macOS, an RTOS is built to ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs

Microsoft announced today that it supports the inclusion of its exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) file system for USB flash drives and SD cards in the Linux kernel through the Open Invention ...