Linux 6.18 crowned LTS kernel – and Alpine 3.23 wastes no time adopting it

A new LTS version means that the oldest LTS falls off the end. Kroah-Hartman also released kernel 5.4.302, which is the last ...
CNX Software

Linux 6.18 LTS release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures

Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 6.18 on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), which will likely become the next LTS kernel: So I'll ...
Linux Journal

Kernel Korner - The New Work Queue Interface in the 2.6 Kernel

For most UNIX systems, Linux included, device drivers typically divide the work of processing interrupts into two parts or halves. The first part, the top half, is the familiar interrupt handler, ...
ZDNet

New Linux kernel 5.14 release candidate is out: Here's what's inside

Linux creator Linus Torvalds on Sunday unveiled the first release candidate (RC) for the Linux kernel version 5.14. This release of kernel has contributions from about 1,650 developers. There were ...
EDN

Embedded Linux Design: Hardware and Drivers

In previous articles, we looked at how to configure the kernel as well as the key components of an embedded operating system (OS). This new article focuses on the hardware components of embedded Linux ...
TechRadar

A worrying stealthy Linux security bug could put your systems at risk - here's what we know

A security oversight in Linux allows rootkits to bypass enterprise security solutions and run stealthily It was found in the io_uring Kernel interface Researchers built a PoC, now available on GitHub ...
Android Police

Google wants Android to use regular Linux kernel, potentially improving updates and security

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, but it has always used ...