Linux begins retiring Intel’s 486 after nearly four decades
The Linux kernel is preparing to say goodbye to one of the oldest processor families it has continued to carry for far longer than most modern operating systems. Developers have
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Linux Kernel 6.19 Is Out: What Sysadmins Should Actually Care About
Linux 6.19 has been officially released (announced by Linus Torvalds on February 8, 2026) and is now available from the upstream release channels. For most production environments, the real question
Linux kernel documents an emergency “project continuity” plan for life after Torvalds
For more than three decades, the Linux kernel’s development has had a clear “last step”: subsystem maintainers send pull requests, reviews happen in public, and then the final merge into
Arch Linux’s January 2026 ISO Lands With Linux 6.18 and a Smarter Archinstall Experience
Arch Linux has opened 2026 the way it tends to do everything: quietly, quickly, and with a refresh that matters most to people who actually install systems for a living.
Linux 6.18 Goes Stable: The Kernel That’s Likely to Become 2025’s LTS Workhorse
Linux 6.18 is now officially out, and it’s not just another end-of-year release. Everything points to this version becoming the next Long-Term Support (LTS) kernel for 2025 – the branch
Alex Gaynor Bids Farewell as Rust-for-Linux Co-Maintainer: What Changes and What Stays the Same
The Linux kernel community is experiencing a small, quiet but symbolic changing of the guard. Alex Gaynor, one of the early names behind the Rust for Linux initiative, has formally
Linux Kernel 5.4 Reaches End of Life After More Than Six Years: Time to Plan Your Migration
The Linux 5.4 LTS kernel series has officially reached its end of life. After more than six years of continuous maintenance and over 300 point releases, this long-term support branch
Linux 6.16 Lands with Intel TDX, APX, DMA Zero-Copy Networking, and Key Enhancements to EXT4, XFS, and NVIDIA Hopper GPUs
The latest kernel release improves performance, security, and hardware support for next-gen computing, virtualization, and networking workloads. The Linux community has officially released Linux kernel 6.16, bringing notable improvements across
Linux Kernel 6.15 Debuts with Rust-Based NVIDIA Driver, Filesystem Enhancements, and Expanded Hardware Support
The latest Linux kernel release introduces Nova, a new GPU driver written in Rust, along with significant improvements to Btrfs, exFAT, AMD and Intel support. Linux continues to evolve at
Ubuntu 25.10 to Feature Linux Kernel 6.17 at Launch in October
Canonical confirms that the next Ubuntu version, codenamed “Questing Quokka”, will include the latest Linux kernel, even if it is still in Release Candidate status. The Canonical team has officially
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