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Mostly minor changes under the hood – a lot of them Over the weekend, the world's most famous Finn pushed out the latest ...
The Linux Foundation is strengthening the walls around the Linux kernel's source code Git repositories. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor Aug. 19, 2014, 5:51 a.m. PT ...
It was this type of mistake that Horn found in the Android kernel on the Samsung Galaxy A50. But as he notes, what Samsung did is pretty common among all smartphone vendors. That is, adding code ...
Now it emerges that the NSA has code running in both the Linux Kernel and in Android. Though this isn’t anything new, as it has been known since 2003, it has only just come to mainstream public ...
The code for displaying QR codes in kernel panics is based on the "drm_panic " feature, which Linux has offered since version 6.10 and also comes from Jocelyn Falempe.
The Linux kernel is improving faster than ever, gaining 7.8 patches per hour and 4,600 lines of new code every day. That’s according to a new report published Monday by the Linux Foundation and ...
In today's open source roundup: Torvalds loses it in an epic rant about kernel code. Plus: Lenovo 100S Chromebook review. And Google says Chrome OS is here to stay.
However, don’t expect your Linux distribution of choice to pick up that kernel that soon. For example, Ubuntu will ship with the 5.13 kennel in October (with the release of 21.10).
Code Cleanup For one thing, the 4.18 kernel has brought about the surprising removal of nearly 100,000 lines of outdated code. That’s a lot of code!
Linux issued a new kernel version on April 17, but the bug itself wasn’t widely reported; now, distributions like Debian, Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu have issued updates in the last week.
Linux kernel 5.19.12 code could cause permanent damage to some laptop displays Power sequence bugs cause damaging flickers on built-in displays. Update now. Kevin Purdy – Oct 6, 2022 10:36 AM | 105 ...
The kernel has continued to see strong growth and developer engagement. The Linux Foundation celebrated the kernel's 20th birthday last year, alongside the release of Linux 3.0.