LinuxCon 2009: Linux Kernel Roundtable Video Now Online
Sep 23, 2009If you missed LinuxCon, you can watch the roundtable video archive online now.
more »OpenSUSE Conf 2009: OpenSUSE 11.2 with Microblogging, But Not WebYaST
Sep 18, 2009On the outskirts of the OpenSUSE Conference, core developers revealed details on the new openSUSE version 11.2. Although it will have Kernel 2.6.31, browser users will have to wait a bit longer for YaST.
more »GPLv2 Less Popular
Sep 18, 2009Latest statistics from Black Duck Software show version 2 of the General Public License (GPLv2) sliding in popularity. Just under half of all the open source projects contained in the September 2009 statistics used the GPLv2.
more »Brad Spengler Exposes Exploit in Linux Kernel 2.6.31
Sep 18, 2009The developer behind the grsecurity.net security portal, Brad Spengler, has released videos on the Web that demonstrate a security hole in the current Linux kernel.
more »Timechart: Zoom in on Operating System
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more »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.
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