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RSS kernel in news"Highly critical" Mac OS X kernel hole unearthed
News The researcher, who goes by the initials 'LMH', wrote: "Mac OS X com.apple.AppleDiskImageController fails to properly handle corrupted DMG (disk image) image structures, leading to an exploitable memory corruption condition with potential kernel... [22 Nov 2006]
Is the Linux kernel getting bogged down by bugs?
News 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... [08 May 2006]
Latest Linux kernel locked down
News 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... [10 Oct 2003]
Next Linux kernel on the way
News 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... [28 Oct 2003]
Linux kernel locked down
News Open Source Development Labs, which promotes adoption of Linux, said on Monday it is putting in place a new system to better track and document changes to the operating system's kernel. The group, which employs Linux creator Linus Torvalds, said... [25 May 2004]
Linux kernel suffers Trojan horse hack
News An unknown intruder attempted to insert a Trojan horse program into the code of the next version of the Linux kernel, stored at a publicly accessible database. The public database was used only to provide the latest beta, or test version, of the... [07 Nov 2003]
Nokia opens the door to its Linux kernel
News 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. [26 May 2005]
Linux guru urges move to new kernel
News The programmer in charge of the current version 2.4 of the Linux kernel plans to quickly curtail the addition of new features in order to encourage a swift move to the upcoming 2.6 kernel, a decision that has irked some programmers. [08 Dec 2003]
Intel unveils Linux kernel for Merced
News 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... [11 Aug 1999]
Torvalds issues new Linux kernel
News 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. [22 Mar 2006]
Linux guru up for top technology honour
News Alan Cox, the man known as the 'keeper of the Linux 2.4 kernel', has been nominated for the Technology Review 100 - a list of pioneers in technology and business compiled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [21 Nov 2001]
Torvalds agrees to Linux "breather"
News Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux and maintainer of the development kernel, has agreed with his second-in-command, Andrew Morton, that the Linux kernel is becoming more bug-ridden. Morton, the maintainer of the production kernel, said in a talk... [10 May 2006]
Linux flaws aid hack attack
News The Debian Project has warned that a flaw in the Linux kernel helped attackers compromise four of the open software project's development servers. Members of the development team found the flaw in September and fixed the latest version of the core... [02 Dec 2003]
Radio Free Linux
News The fourth anniversary of the birth of the term "open source" is being marked by the reading of the Linux kernel source code on the radio. Radioqualia says the kernel has over four million lines of code. [05 Feb 2002]
Inside Linux: What life's like with Linus
News Linux kernel maintainer Alan Cox has given an insight into the experience of working with Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux who maintains its development kernel. During a talk last weekend at the Free and Open source Software Developers European... [02 Mar 2005]
