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Linux is the open-source operating-system kernel and the ecosystem of distributions built on it, spanning desktop, server, and embedded use; distinct from Linux gaming, which has its own topic.
…overall resilience of the open source ecosystem.” The Linux Foundation’s announcement includes a canned quote from Greg Kroah-Hartman of the Linux kernel project, which opens “Grant funding alone is not…
…A GNU Linux distro, which is what most people mean by "Linux," has the Linux kernel, the GNU components, one or more desktop environments, one or more package managers, and whatever functional…
…Many Linux distributions use GRUB (short for GRand Unified Bootloader) to handle system startup. It loads the bare minimum to boot the Linux kernel and usually keeps itself to itself. Unless something…
…Consider, also, the Linux Foundation’s scorecard of organizations that contribute to the Linux kernel. American entities Meta, Intel, and Red Hat take the top three spots, Google is number four, AMD…
…A new patch on the Linux kernel mailing list introduces version 4 of the driver. This version supports compute-only GPUs, for running those painfully trendy – or just plain painful – LLMs, plus…
…It also needs a newer Linux kernel (minimum 5.10, 5.14 recommended, and 6.6 required for full functionality), plus a selection of other libraries and supporting files. Notably, it drops…
…May lead to remote hijacking of devices AI has gotten good at finding bugs, not so good at swatting them AI bug reports went from junk to legit overnight, says Linux kernel…
…A container is an isolated process on a shared kernel; micro VMs have their own kernel. "With Docker Sandboxes, that boundary is now two layers deep," explained Gavriel Cohen, co-founder of…
…On the other hand, as long-term Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman told us recently, AI security bug reports suddenly went from slop to useful . OK, let's say that even…
…Since there's no official Linux client from Google, this is a serious omission. There are third-party tools that let Linux connect, including Rclone , the FUSE connector google-drive-ocamlfuse , and…