Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain The bcachefs file system, now "externally maintained" outside ...

Linux 6.17-rc7 is out, and it's looking good. The latest release candidate is full of small, random changes across various ...

It’s been a tense few months for users of the BCacheFS filesystem, as amidst the occasional terse arguments and flowery ...

Although 6.15.4 is a stabilization patch, it reinforces trends and priorities in the kernel’s evolution. Network-first optimization: The emphasis on zero-copy receive, new TCP controls, and ...

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...

After years of countless reviews, discussions, and code rewrites, Linus Torvalds approved on Saturday a new security feature for the Linux kernel, named "lockdown." The new feature will ship as a LSM ...

The Linux kernel provides support for memory management, interprocess communication mechanisms, interrupt management, and TCP / IP networking. The directory structure separates architecture-dependent ...

Testing is an integral and important part of any software development cycle, open or closed, and Linux kernel is no exception to that. Developer testing, integration testing, regression, and stress ...