"In the absence of an agreed-upon process, the community would find itself playing Calvinball at an awkward time." ...

Linus plans to live forever. But just in case he doesn't, there's now a succession plan (though no actual successor).

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 ...

Conclave doc outlines path to eternal releases The Linux kernel project has finally answered one of the biggest questions gripping the community: what happens if Linus Torvalds is no longer able to ...

If the designated successor cannot or will not take over the development of the Linux kernel, a meeting will decide on the ...

The Linux kernel development process is akin to a game of leapfrog. Even-numbered kernels (v2.0, v2.2, v2.4) are stable kernels, and odd-numbered kernels are unstable, or development, kernels. As soon ...

The main driving force behind this is Red Hat developer Jocelyn Falempe, who has been pushing for the switch to Kmscon for ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

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

An exciting new announcement is the formation of the Open Gaming Collective, a collaborative organisation between many names ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews 4MLinux 21.0, and LinuxInsider reviews Ultimate Edition 5.4 Linux has made great strides over the years, advancing far beyond where it was when ...