Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possible If you know anything ...

For years, Torvalds has managed kernel versioning with a lighthearted logic: increase the major number only when he can no ...

Linus Torvalds, the benevolent dictator for life of the Linux kernel, has reportedly erupted in anger after testing code included in the Linux 6.15-rc1 kernel slowed down the build process and ...

Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, has just released the sixth Linux 6.16 release candidate. This week he noted that he had a scare that could have delayed this version. Linus Torvalds has ...

At Open Source Summit Europe in Scotland, Linus Torvalds is meeting with Linux's top 40 or so developers at the Maintainers' Summit. This is his first step back in taking over Linux's reins. A little ...

It is widely used not only as a free general-purpose OS but also as an OS for supercomputersLinuxIt is said to be the most successful masterpiece as open source software. Be the creator of that ...

In the second part of a three-part interview, Linux creator and Millennium Technology Prize winner Linus Torvalds talks about real-world Linux and looks into the future In the first part of our ...

Today is the birthday of Linus. Although that's essentially a private event for him, there's an interesting historical link to the creation of the Linux kernel, too. As is well known, before he ...

In January 2006, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) released in draft form (gplv3.fsf.org/draft) a revised and updated version of the GNU General Public License (GPL ...

Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, has never suffered fools gladly. In particular, he really dislikes people who make improving security in Linux more trouble than it needs to be. Most recently, in his ...

CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Besides his work with CNET, Don's work has been featured in a ...