The programmer in charge of the current version, 2.4, of the heart of Linux plans to quickly curtail the addition of new features in order to encourage a swift move to the upcoming 2.6 kernel, a decision that has irked some programmers.
Linus Torvalds explains why the unexpected resilience of kernel version 2.6 has delayed the move to kernel version 2.7. In this two minute video he said that when work started on 2.6, he was worried that major changes would destabilise the kernel.
Red Hat has released a test edition of Fedora Core 2, a version of Linux that incorporates the new 2.6 kernel at the heart of the open-source operating system.
Linux developers have unveiled a major new version of the Linux kernel, or operating system core. Kernel 2.5.0 (also known as 2.4.15) adds support for two new file systems that should add crash protection and easier laptop synchronisation.
A new kernel for the Linux operating system has been released to developers, fixing some major bugs in the Linux 2.4.10.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, is cracking down on developers who add last-minute changes to the kernel.
The 2.6 version of the Linux core is expected in December and will be much more stable on arrival than its predecessor, according to the programmer in charge of the software.
The latest version of the 2.4-series kernel for the open-source operating system is released amid controversy over components in the Linux code.
Linux leader Linus Torvalds is moving development of the upcoming 2.6 kernel to a new phase.
In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.
Hoping to focus the attention of Linux developers, Linux leader Linus Torvalds releases a preliminary version of the next kernel of the open-source operating system.
Open-source developers released a new version of the Linux kernel Monday in a move aimed at quickly fixing several bugs--among them two serious security flaws.
Updated code for the heart of current Linux products was released Friday, in the first major revamp to the kernel since November.
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