Developers have released the Linux kernel version 2.6.30, adding support for new file systems as well as performance improvements and new hardware drivers. The most prominent new features include ...

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...

A Kernel Potato: Ubuntu is one of most popular Linux distributions available, it is a free and open source operating system based on Debian, and is used by both end users and enterprise ventures. It's ...

Linus Torvalds signed off on the latest Linux kernel version last week – 2.6.21 – with several virtualization- and networking-focused improvements in the mix. One of the most significant additions to ...

Laptops which are built atop Intel's 12th generation Core processors are affected by a bug in version 5.19.12 of the Linux kernel, according to a post from an Intel Linux engineer on Tuesday. Ville ...

Version 2.6 of the heart of Linux is expected soon, but it could be 2005 before the top Linux seller includes it in its corporate operating system product. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Linus Torvalds has released the latest stable update to the Linux operating system kernel, version 2.4.13. It's the second kernel update to be released in quick succession. The quick pace of releases ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The next major upgrade to the Linux kernel, Version 2.6, ...

After years of using Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the basis for its own “Unbreakable Linux” distribution, Oracle this week announced that it has created its own version of the Linux kernel that’s ...