The recording from the recent #OSSNA 2026 keynote chat between Linus Torvalds (@torvalds) and Dirk Hohndel (@dirkhh) is now available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi29pfLcW4I
If you want to know what you are about to watch or prefer a text summary, read this great article from @lwn that became freely available today:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1073761/ – Dirk and Linus discuss AI and #kernel development
""This patch introduces several modernizations […] Concurrency […] Memory Safety […] Sysctl API […] Error Handling […] Includes […] Code Style […] During the review and refactoring of this legacy driver, I used an AI assistant (Gemini) […]""
Hopefully AI assistants soon learn to tell users up-front that sending one huge #Linux #kernel refactoring patch doing several things at once is a total no-go instead of helping people to corner themselves, which is frustrating for everyone involved.
Chilled Tropical Drink 🍹 and some staring ...
#linuxadmin #linuxkernel #tool #git #opensource #operatingsystem
I wrote a new post:
Building a Tiny Linux App to Explain Desktop Stutter
It is not trying to replace serious Linux tools like perf, ftrace, bpftrace, or strace.
The goal is smaller: show how to build a real little Linux app in Rust by reading /proc and /sys, parsing Pressure Stall Information, and turning kernel signals into a TUI that explains desktop stutter.
Companion source code included.
#Linux #Rust #DesktopLinux #LinuxKernel #Performance #OpenSource
Learn why Linux Kernel developers want to deprecate AF_ALG features, and the security concerns driving the decision.
Full story here: https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-2-deprecates-af_alg/
#AF_ALG #LinuxCryptoSubsystem #Linuxkernel #Linuxsecurity #EricBiggers #LinuxkernelHardening #Opensource
At @embeddedrecipes 26 (Yocto track) I gave a talk about kernel config fragments.
The goal was to start a discussion around a question: what should be in config fragments, and what should not?
Interesting feedback from the audience: many use fragments, but most have stopped trying to upstream them. Yet several examples suggested that at least some of those fragments could be upstreamed.
I'll be following up by sending cleaned up fragment for our effort.
#Linux 7.0.11, 6.18.34, 6.12.92, 6.6.142, 6.1.175, 5.15.209, and 5.10.258 kernels are now available for download at https://www.kernel.org
Linux 7.1 RC6 is now available!
#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates
https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/linux-7-1-rc6-released/
Linux 7.1 RC6 released!
Linux 7.1 RC6 is now live for developers and curious users to try out. All the interesting changes from performance improvements to bug fixes have been integrated to this release candidate.
The official announcement from the kernel mailing list says:
Well, I wouldn't call this "small", but it is certainly smaller than rc5 was. And I don't think there's anything particularly scary here, so maybe we're still on track for a normal release cycle. Let's see.Why not try out this awesome pre-release of Linux 7.1?
#Computer #Computers #Kernel #Laptop #Laptops #Linux #LinuxKernel #news #Tech #Technology #update
Linux Kernel 7.1-RC6 has arrived for public testing.
Drivers, networking, filesystems, hardware support, and stability improvements continue moving toward the final 7.1 release.
Linus Torvalds's git tree : https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
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