Appeal for BtrFS Inclusion in Kernel
Jan 06, 2009Chris Mason, lead developer of the copy-on-write BtrFS filesystem, has appealed for its inclusion in the Linux kernel.
more »Kernel Developers Tracking Down New Year's Eve Leap Second Issue
Jan 05, 2009A few server admins had reported Linux crashes right at the New Year's Eve countdown. Linux developers are currently investigating if they had anything to do with the leap second phenomenon.
more »Security Lessons Why complexity is bad and open source is good
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Dec 31, 2008Kernel 2.6.28: "Happy Holidays" from Torvalds
Dec 29, 2008Linus Torvalds has kept his promise and released Kernel 2.6.28 right at the Holidays. The little present shows some doings since Release Candidate 9, especially in the DVB-T area and for PCI hotplug devices.
more »Ted Ts'o Named CTO of Linux Foundation
Dec 22, 2008The foundation behind the free Linux OS has appointed kernel developer and IBM collaborator Theodore Ts'o as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
more »Intel's USB 3.0 for Linux
Dec 15, 2008Chipmaker Intel is currently working on Linux support for its next generation of USB, version 3.0. The new bus specification promises a 5 Gbit per second transfer speed, ten times faster than USB 2.0.
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