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The Linux kernel has been updated with several serviceability improvements, chiefly around the kdump and SystemTap features.
Open Source Development Labs, an industry-funded consortium, has cut a third of its staff, lost its chief executive and scaled back some technical work.
Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop.
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The programmer in charge of the current version of the heart of Linux plans to curtail the adding of new features in order to encourage a move to the upcoming kernel, a decision that's irked some.
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.
Linux leader Linus Torvalds is moving development of the upcoming 2.6 kernel to a new phase.
If Linus Torvalds stepped away from his position as coordinator of the Linux kernel, it is unlikely many people would notice, according to the man himself.
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.
Linus Torvalds has published the last release of the current Linux development kernel, clearing the way for work on the next version of the operating system core.
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