Server admins tweaking kernel configs for that extra memory oomph? Tough luck. Read-only transparent huge pages are getting yanked after years of unkept promises.
Linux kernel's 2026 "Spring Cleaning" just axed code fossils from version 0.1. It's housekeeping that reveals how even giants hoard history.
Picture this: Linux's gatekeeper unleashes an AI 'Clanker' on the kernel codebase. Bugs scatter like roaches in the light.
Deep in the Linux kernel's guts, a simple string-length function just got turbocharged for RISC-V—427% faster. It's a win for the open ISA challenging ARM and x86 dominance.
Kernel hackers spent over a year crafting an API to squash silent integer overflows. Linus wasn't happy at first, but the final version promises safer math across the entire Linux kernel.