Linus Torvalds

Torvalds weighs in on 'nasty' Rust vs C for Linux debate

This is like vi vs Emacs with 'religious overtones,’ project chief laughs

Software19 Sep 2024 | 220

Upgrading Linux with Rust looks like a new challenge. It's one of our oldest

Opinion From the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever built. Not even a kernel

Software09 Sep 2024 | 121

Torvalds intentionally complicates his use of indentation in Linux Kconfig

Paramount penguin forces more robust whitespace handling

OSes16 Apr 2024 | 90

Linux 6.9 will be the first to top ten million Git objects

For now, have Linux 6.8, which Linus Torvalds could find no reason to delay

OSes11 Mar 2024 | 28

Linus Torvalds declares Linux 6.8 is probably back on track for a regular release cycle

Previously pondered the need for an extra release candidate

OSes04 Mar 2024 | 14

Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion

Kernel 6.8-rc2 debuts after very robust discussion about 'inodes'

OSes29 Jan 2024 | 140

Linus Torvalds postpones Linux 6.8 merge window after being taken offline by storms

Roads are icy and drivers are dangerous. There will be no Starbucks run.

OSes15 Jan 2024 | 17

Linus Torvalds flags holiday-mode changes to next kernel merge window

Penguin emperor ponders whether kernel contributors will code across the festive season, or humbug it

OSes04 Dec 2023 |

Linus Torvalds releases Linux 6.6 after running out of excuses for further work

Removes references to the NSA, adds KSMBD in-kernel server SMB networking

OSes30 Oct 2023 | 21

Linus Torvalds couldn't find an excuse to hold back Linux 6.5, so here it is

Summer push proved less disruptive than feared

OSes28 Aug 2023 | 7

Fed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNG

Some Ryzen Linux machines still stumble along despite efforts to fix it all

OSes31 Jul 2023 | 72

'Weird numerological coincidence' found during work on Linux kernel 6.5

It might be the only non-boring thing about the release, which has Linus Torvalds celebrating

OSes31 Jul 2023 | 30

Linus Torvalds calls for calm as bcachefs filesystem doesn't make Linux 6.5

Expect the saga of this release to stretch out a bit over northern summer

Software10 Jul 2023 | 14

Linux 6.4 debuts after literally unremarkable development push

Latest cut of the kernel gets RISC-ier, moves towards Wi-Fi 7, ejects PCMCIA cards

OSes26 Jun 2023 | 9

Linux 6.3 debuts after 'nice, controlled release cycle'

Preps for Intel's Meteor Lake, improves support for Chinese RISC-V silicon, and gets to the starting line with a racing wheel

OSes24 Apr 2023 | 5

Linux kernel 6.3 on track for debut next week after ‘nice uneventful release cycle’

Which is just how Linus Torvalds wants it and who can argue after what he recommended you eat for Easter

OSes17 Apr 2023 | 6

Linus Torvalds releases 'pedestrian' Linux Kernel 6.2, urges testers to show it some love

Intel has as much to celebrate as anyone thanks the arc of progress catching up to its GPUs

OSes20 Feb 2023 | 2

'Merge window from Hell' opens as Linus Torvalds reveals Linux 6.1

Kernel boss won't consider code that's late, or hasn't already appeared in Linux-next, for version 6.2

OSes11 Dec 2022 | 5

Linux kernel 6.1: Rusty release could be a game-changer

Opinion Don't sob into your battered copy of K&R though, the shift will move slowly

OSes09 Dec 2022 | 57

Linux 6.1 gets an eighth release candidate and Linus Torvalds is OK with that

Kernel devs offer emperor penguin early gifts of code for version 6.2

OSes05 Dec 2022 |

Linus Torvalds to be 'more hard-nosed' as Linux 6.2 merge window meets Christmas

Predicts version 6.1 will need an eighth release candidate

OSes27 Nov 2022 | 9

Linus Torvalds suggests the 80486 architecture belongs in a museum, not the Linux kernel

Ancient hardware deserves ancient kernels, but cannot justify consuming developers' valuable time

Systems25 Oct 2022 | 162

Linus Torvalds to kernel devs: Grow up and stop pulling all-nighters just before deadline

Release candidate one for Linux 6.1 has appeared

OSes17 Oct 2022 | 52

Linus Torvalds's faulty memory (RAM, not wetware) slows kernel development

Emperor penguin swipes Intel's attitude to ECC memory and maybe wimpy Mac performance too

Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 58

Linux kernel 6.0 debuts, Linus Torvalds teases ‘core new things’ coming in version 6.1

Linux boss' launch message is more ‘6.0 is overrated’ than ‘The joy of 6.0’

OSes02 Oct 2022 | 25

Linus Torvalds predicts Linux Kernel 6.0 debut next week, dispels fear of delays

Hails unusually smooth development process despite travel complications

OSes26 Sep 2022 |

Linux 6.0 debuts, missing some Rusty bits and a magic mushroom reference

Don't read the diffstat too closely, says Linus Torvalds – it's mostly another massive AMD update

OSes15 Aug 2022 | 16

Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.19 – using Asahi on an Arm-powered Mac

Hails the combo as finally making Arm 'usable as a development platform'

OSes31 Jul 2022 | 49

Torvalds: Linux kernel team has sorted Retbleed chip flaw

But tidying things up has contributed to a one week delay on the version 5.19 release

OSes17 Jul 2022 | 5

Linus Torvalds says Rust is coming to the Linux kernel 'real soon now'

Maintainer lack of familiarity won't be an issue, chief insists, citing his own bafflement when faced with Perl

OSes23 Jun 2022 | 65

Multiplatform Linux kernel 'pretty much done' says Linus Torvalds

Debuts version 5.19rc1, which includes HPE's next-gen server ASIC and much more

OSes06 Jun 2022 | 11

Linus Torvalds debuts 'boring old plain' Linux kernel 5.18

Adds 'feature activation' for Intel silicon, but Chipzilla still isn't saying what that means

OSes23 May 2022 | 36

Linux 5.17 debuts after 'very calm' extra week of work

Linus Torvalds suggests version 5.18 will be a little larger, hopefully also warm, fuzzy, low-drama

OSes20 Mar 2022 | 11

Linus Torvalds ponders limits of automation as kernel release delayed

Spectre-related weakness has made an eighth release candidate necessary

OSes14 Mar 2022 | 20

Linus Torvalds 'starting to get worried' as Linux kernel 5.17 rc6 lands

More by known regressions not being addressed by maintainers than Vladimir Putin’s ‘mental breakdown’

OSes28 Feb 2022 | 13

Red Hat signals Intel's software-defined silicon will debut in Linux 5.18

Silicon giant still not saying what it will mean in the real world

Systems14 Feb 2022 | 45

Desktop-deprived Linus Torvalds releases first release candidate of ‘not huge’ kernel 5.17

Life on the road increases reliance on cloudy tools instead of Emperor Penguin's preferred local tests

OSes24 Jan 2022 | 5

Test this new Linux kernel – but don’t forget Christmas or that you have a family, says Linus Torvalds

Confirms version 5.16 will receive an eighth release candidate

OSes20 Dec 2021 | 22

Don't expect a new cut of Linux to ease your NYE hangovers

Penguinistas will get all the holiday fun of an extra release candidate instead

OSes14 Dec 2021 | 1

-Werror pain persists as Linus Torvalds issues Linux 5.15rc2

And celebrates Linux's 'true anniversary' – 30 years since upload of version 0.01

OSes20 Sep 2021 | 14

Linus Torvalds admits to 'self-inflicted damage' with -Werror as Linux 5.15 rc1 debuts

'One of the messier merge windows' means the new stuff might sneak in next week

OSes13 Sep 2021 | 71

GitHub merges 'useless garbage' says Linus Torvalds as new NTFS support added to Linux kernel 5.15

Also: Compiler warnings now treated as errors by default in kernel builds

Software06 Sep 2021 | 99

When you finish celebrating Linux turning 30, try new Linux 5.14, says Linus Torvalds

'We have another 30 years to look forward to,' says Emperor Penguin – and less to worry about as Spectre-proofing code arrives

OSes30 Aug 2021 | 21

Linux 5.14 had plenty of commits, work has gone smoothly – and it should debut next week

Linus Torvalds also has fun medical advice about not whacking yourself with sharp objects

OSes23 Aug 2021 | 19

Linux kernel sheds legacy IDE support, but driver-dominated 5.14 rc1 still grows

Please ignore pesky AMD GPU hardware description header files, says Linus Torvalds

OSes12 Jul 2021 | 43

Linus Torvalds launches Linux kernel 5.13 after seven release candidates

M1 support, interesting Azure integrations, RISC-V love among notable features

OSes27 Jun 2021 | 19

Linus Torvalds tells kernel list poster to 'SHUT THE HELL UP' for saying COVID-19 vaccines create 'new humanoid race'

'Any Linux discussion list isn't going to have your idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me'

OSes11 Jun 2021 | 231

As Linux 5.12 released, Linus Torvalds warns next version will probably be rather large

New version adds: Hyper-V fun, more support for ACRN IoT hypervisor, PlayStation controller support, ‘novelty port’ to ancient Nintendo

OSes25 Apr 2021 | 23

Linus Torvalds reluctantly issues one more release candidate for Linux kernel 5.12

We gotta do this again? Really? Oh, alright then. But this eight release candidates thing is not great

OSes18 Apr 2021 | 5

Linus Torvalds worries kernel 5.12 might be ‘one of those releases’ that lands a tad late

Driver and networking changes keep coming and io_uring is being noisy

OSes29 Mar 2021 | 22

Linus Torvalds issues early Linux Kernel update to fix swapfile SNAFU

‘Subtle and very nasty bug’ meant 5.12 rc1 could trash entire filesystems

OSes07 Mar 2021 | 56

Linus Torvalds went six days without electricity, swears smaller 5.12 kernel is co-incidental

Devs told if they really, really, need more time for merges they can have it

OSes01 Mar 2021 | 68

Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.11, says it's so good your significant other wants you to test it on Valentine's Day

AMD admirers get plenty to swoon over, Intel’s SGX also makes it unto the kernel, as did some head-scratching gaming kit

OSes14 Feb 2021 | 16

Linus Torvalds labels Super Bowl 'violent version of egg-and-spoon race'

Linux quarterback wants you to test hopefully final rc of kernel 5.11 instead of 'standing around, waiting for the next commercial to come on'

OSes07 Feb 2021 | 140

Linus Torvalds rates his own words 'incoherent ramblings of a crazy old man'

Defying expectations, kernel devs roared back to work

OSes11 Jan 2021 | 20

Linux 5.11 dominated by descriptors for new AMD silicon

Linus Torvalds has been back at work for a week and already has a second release candidate ready. What’s your excuse?

OSes04 Jan 2021 | 6