The Linux kernel development cycle continues with the release of Linux 6.19-rc4, the fourth release candidate in the lead-up ...

If we look at just the bugs that were fixed in 2025, that share increases to 20% of said bugs being around for five years or ...

Linux is far faster than Windows. That's old news. It's why Linux runs 90 percent of the world's top 500 fastest supercomputers, while Windows runs 1 percent of them. What's new "news" is that an ...

Proposal targets long-standing behavior as 'an X11ism' Opinion Ever since Linux got a graphical desktop, you could ...

The Linux Foundation has released a guide for developers who wish to contribute Linux code. A guide to the kernel development process aims to encourage participation by new programmers by explaining ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. With a killer app or game, open-source operating system Linux could become a major player in the gaming industry, according to Battlefield studio DICE ...

This kind of problem can occur because processes can create and hold an open file descriptor, preventing the file’s inode from being relinquished and the associated disk space freed up. If you can’t ...

On Sunday, Linus Torvalds – the chief programmer of the Linux kernel – sent out a letter in which he apologized for his hostile behavior towards others in the community that maintains the project. He ...