Don Reisinger reentered the Linux jungle over the weekend and reemerged a new man. Has his opinion on Linux changed? CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered everything ...

The LTS (long-term support) period for the Linux kernel is being cut down. In 2017, the kernel jumped from two years of support to six. Now, six years later, it turns out that’s a lot of work. ZDNet ...

If you follow Linux closely, you won't be surprised by the news from the Linux Plumbers Conference in Richmond, Virginia -- which is the invite-only meeting for top Linux kernel developers -- that the ...

There is nothing quite like the open source community to demonstrate the principles of freedom, democracy, and meritocracy – and the difficulties of bringing those principles to bear and keeping them ...

Until recently, Linux kernel developers have been the ones keeping long-term support (LTS) versions of the Linux kernel patched and up to date. Then, because it was too much work with too little ...

Update: In a post on the official Steam for Linux community, a Valve developer said that Steam will likely continue to support Ubuntu. The reversal came after Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu Linux, ...

Intel’s ongoing restructuring has led to significant changes in its contributions to Linux kernel development. The Linux kernel mailing list shows that several Intel-developed drivers have been marked ...

The story of Linux so far, as short as it may be in the grand scheme of things, is one of constant forward momentum. There’s always another feature to implement, an optimization to make, and of course ...

The elementary OS Challenge has concluded and it exceeded my expectations. Not only did the Linux community enthusiastically embrace it across multiple podcasts and blogs, but even the elementary OS ...

It seems like Google is working hard to update and upstream the Linux kernel that sits at the heart of every Android phone. The company was a big participant in this year’s Linux Plumbers Conference, ...

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