Linux creator and lead developer Linus Torvalds warns that the Linux kernel's security mailing list has become "almost entirely unmanageable" due to a flood of AI-generated bug reports. …
… Between Linux 3.0 July 2011 and Linux 3.10, more than 2.3 million lines of code have been added to the kernel. As of Linux 3.10, there was almost 17 million lines of source code in the Linux kernel and we're now up to version 3.13, so it has probably swollen yet further . …
Google used the Linux kernel in Chrome OS, but the platform is intentionally streamlined and focuses on web apps. …
… Torvalds accidentally scheduled his family vacation over the dates as the Linux Maintainer Summit, a meeting of the top Linux developers. …
… It's based on KDE 3, has a Linux 2.6 kernel, features a re-branded and renamed version of Firefox 2 "Naenara" , includes a bunch of games and media players -- but for the most part, it has been designed to look and feel just like Windows XP. …
… Because of limitations in older Linux kernels, Project Mainline won't work on most devices that get updates to Android Q. …
… With specific regards to the Desktop, all browsers will continue to work with Windows 8 in the same way that they worked with Windows 7; they'll just be slightly faster, thanks to the underlying tweaks made to the Windows kernel and system services. …