Hoping to focus the attention of Linux developers, Linux leader Linus Torvalds releases a preliminary version of the next kernel of the open-source operating system. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Do you have a laptop that’s either “pretty old” or “weird in some other way”? Did it ship without Windows from the factory, or did you flash its firmware with coreboot? You could help the Linux kernel ...

Linus Torvalds announced the first release candidate (RC1) of the upcoming Linux Kernel version 7.0. Here's what's new in Linux 7.0-rc1.

Even though it's still a test kernel, calling it "2.6" is a signal for programmers to get down to work testing and stamping out bugs rather than experimenting with new ideas, Torvalds said in a ...