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Torvalds Drops Bcachefs from Linux 6.17 Amid Maintainer Dispute

Disagreements over late-stage fixes and developer conduct led Linus Torvalds to drop Bcachefs from the upcoming Linux kernel 6.17 release.

OpenAI's o3 just uncovered a remote 0-day in the Linux kernel's SMB code—CVE-2025-37899. A patch has already been rolled out.

Linux kernel 6.15 lands with massive updates: memory, networking, file systems, drivers, and arch-specific improvements.

Linux kernel developers target outdated CPU support, with major code cleanup and a push for streamlined x86 architecture support.

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 debuts in Oracle Linux (9.5) with advanced memory management, improved I/O, better networking, and more.

Git, Linus Torvalds's brainchild that revolutionized software development, just turned 20. Here are some little-known facts about it.

Linux kernel 6.14 introduces NT sync primitives for faster gaming, improved Btrfs RAID1 read balancing, GPU memory control, and more.

Google engineers propose LUO, a state-machine-driven system to manage live Linux kernel updates with minimal disruption.

The Linux kernel has rapidly grown, reaching an impressive milestone, surpassing 40 million lines of code.

Linux kernel 6.13 introduces lazy preemption, atomic writes in XFS/Ext4, improved ARM64 virtualization, enhanced networking device APIs, and more.