Linus Torvalds has given developers a heads-up that the merge window for Linux kernel 6.17 could be "slightly chaotic".

Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 6.16, however, he warns he has some travel plans upcoming so the Linux 6.17 merge ...

Linux continues to grow bigger and better. Here's what's new and notable in the 6.16 release, plus what you need to know about 6.17.

Torvalds said that Rust might be included in the next Linux kernel release, which drew a large round of applause from the Open Source Summit audience. Linux is mostly written in the C programming ...

The Linux project leader says the next version of the heart of the open-source OS is expected by June. He also says he never much liked Macs and hopes Intel's IA-64 chip "withers and dies." ...

Torvalds used Minix before he embarked on Linux development in 1991. In an e-mail interview, Torvalds strongly disputed the study's conclusions. And Tanenbaum himself has harshly criticized the study.

So, in 2004, Torvalds left Transmeta to join the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), a precursor to the Linux Foundation. There he would devote almost all his time to Linux.

Torvalds said that if he went back 10 years, there is no way he could have planned what has happened and landed in Linux today. While Torvalds himself isn’t looking 10 years into the future ...

“People always thank me for Linux, and they didn’t get half from it as I got,” Torvalds said during the Open Source Summit session. “I learned a lot about computer architecture and the 386.” ...

Linux, the free and open source operating system that Torvalds founded in 1991 and still oversees, runs on many, if not most, of the servers and data centers that power the internet.

Torvalds responded, “I don’t think it’s 80 but it’s more than anybody else.” The fact is that today Linux runs on a huge range of architectures — scaling from tiny embedded devices to ...

Linus Torvalds, the inventor of the Linux operating system, is a bona fide genius. He's also a regular guy, and not nearly the kind of monster he's been made out to be. But he doesn't suffer fools ...