Is Linux Kernel 7.2 really 43 million lines? We verified the count with wc, cloc, tokei, and scc tools and explain why the ...

Linus Torvalds announced the second release candidate (RC2) for the upcoming Linux Kernel 7.2 version. Here's what's new in ...

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 ...

The Linux Foundation's Greg Kroah-Hartman delivered a comprehensive talk this week on the current state and future challenges of Linux kernel security. Speaking at the Open Source Summit (OSS) Japan ...

The Linux kernel community has formally clarified that it will allow contributors to use AI coding tools, provided a human takes full responsibility for the results. The new documentation for "AI ...

The new kernel, Linux 7.1, brings a modern NTFS driver and activates Intel's FRED by default. Furthermore, the use of AI in development is causing a stir.

Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) is a use-after-free race in the Linux kernel that lets a local user gain root on Linux and Android ...

Last week, Neowin reported that Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux, was getting a bit annoyed about developers using AI to find issues in the kernel and then not submitting a corresponding bug fix, ...

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The recently released Linux 6.4 kernel is making some big networking strides that end users, enterprises and service providers will benefit from in the months to come. Among the key networking ...