The Linux kernel was originally created by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish computer science student, and first announced to the world on August 25, 1991—exactly 20 years ago today. At the time, Torvalds ...

Linus Torvalds released the third release candidate (RC3) for Linux Kernel 7.0 on March 8, 2026. While early versions of a ...

Even many Linux users aren't aware that there are many different kinds of Linux kernels. Sure, there's the eternal release candidate kernels, which Linus Torvalds is perpetually working on, but then ...

Linus Torvalds kicked off the development of Linux Kernel 7.0 on Sunday. Two weeks after the release of the last kernel 6.19, he closed the so-called merge window and released the first release ...

This article provides a brief overview of the new cryptographic API for the Linux kernel. It is aimed at anyone with a technical interest in Linux, such as system administrators, and other curious ...

Microsoft this week announced that its own full Linux kernel will power WSL2, the newest version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). This marks the first time that Microsoft will include the ...