Intel has announced that the Linux kernel for its next-generation 64-bit Merced chips will be available as open source code. Merced, Intel's first chip built around the 64-bit IA-64 architecture is scheduled for release in the middle of 2000, with...
Linux leader Linus Torvalds has moved the development of the upcoming 2.6 kernel of the open-source operating system to a new phase aimed solely at making the heart of the OS less likely to crash. Torvalds released version 2.6.0-test7 of the Linux...
An open-source advocacy and development group has released a test version of the next Linux kernel, which may be finalised by the end of the year. The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) on Monday launched test9, the latest beta of the Linux 2.6...
Nokia has announced its patented technology may be freely used in the Linux kernel, making the Finnish mobile phone giant the newest computing company to begin offering intellectual property protections to open source programmers.
Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that supports features in IBM's Cell processor, includes Oracle software for clustered databases and improves how the open source operating system runs on multiprocessor systems.
Andrew Morton, the lead maintainer of the Linux production kernel, is worried that an increasing number of defects are appearing in the 2.6 kernel and is considering drastic action to resolve it. In a talk at the LinuxTag conference in Wiesbaden...
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