Linux Foundation Survey Confirms Professionalism of Linux Kernel
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more »Kernel Development: Linux-next Complete
Mar 03, 2008The new "linux-next" Git tree, which aims to simplify and accelerate kernel development is more or less complete.
more »Kernel Next: Interim Step for More Efficiency
Feb 13, 2008Andrew Morton had a dream: a new kernel tree which would make kernel development easier to follow and more efficient. He looked for a maintainer and found one in Stephen Rothwell.
more »Local Vulnerabilities in Current Kernels
Feb 12, 2008Recent kernel versions back to the older kernel 2.6.17 may contain a vulnerability that can be exploited by local attackers.
more »Opensuse 11: Alpha 2 with KDE 4
Feb 12, 2008The biggest change to the second alpha version of Opensuse 11 has to be the inclusion of KDE 4, which now replaces the older KDE version 3.5.8.
more »Linus Torvalds: Kernel 2.6.25-rc1 "Bloody Large"
Feb 11, 2008Linus Torvalds has announced the first release candidate of the new 2.6.25 kernel, codenamed "Bloody Large".
more »Linux 2.6.25 without Closed Source USB Drivers
Feb 05, 2008A controversial patch for the imminent kernel 2.6.25 is causing much debate in the developer community: in a similar move to one he made two years ago, the well-known kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman has submitted a patch that prevents closed source USB drivers from using the kernel's USB driver API.
more »Completely Fair Scheduler Analyzed
Jan 17, 2008Avinesh Kumar, an IBM developer has taken a close look at the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) introduced with kernel 2.6.23, comparing it with other schedulers. In the conclusion to the analysis, Kumar discusses changes in the future kernel 2.6.24 scheduler.
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