When you’re busy gaming, creating a presentation, or compiling your codebase, it’s easy to forget about the kernel that’s at the heart of everything your computer does. You might not even think it ...

Linux 6.17 features significant CPU improvements. It addresses the eternal Spectre and Meltdown security holes. The next release, 6.18, will be a long-term support kernel. Linus Torvalds is the first ...

Penguins need their sleep, but Linux admins must never rest. But, if you want a broad, quick overview of the state of the Linux kernel, do what I did: catch Jonathan Corbet, Linux kernel developer, ...

Linux kernel Rust adoption is now permanent after memory safety bugs drove an estimated 80 percent of kernel CVEs, Greg Kroah-Hartman says. The 35th anniversary edition explains what Rust's compiler ...

The number of CVEs per Linux kernel release, which for years came in around 500, now is closing in on 2,000 due in large part ...