Why Linus Torvald's using AI code for fun does not mean Linux is changing

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has spent years pushing back against exaggerated claims around artificial intelligence, ...

Even Linus Torvalds is trying his hand at vibe coding (but just a little)

Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds’ latest project contains code that was “basically written by vibe coding,” but you ...

Linus Torvalds has started vibe coding, just not on Linux

The project, called AudioNoise, appeared on Torvalds' GitHub earlier this month. Written primarily in C, the program explores digital audio effects and signal processing. It grew ...
ZDNet

Linux adds a code of conduct for programmers

Linux developers had a code before, but the earlier "Code of Conflict," failed to make the kernel community a more civil group. As Greg Kroah-Hartman, a leading Linux kernel developer wrote, the "Code ...
ZDNet

Revised Linux Code of Conduct is now officially part of Linux

Some organizations might not include their Code of Conduct in the software source code tree, but the Linux developers aren't your ordinary group. In the Linux 4.19 announcement, Greg Kroah-Hartman, ...
The Next Web

Chaos follows Linux dev community’s new code of conduct

On Sunday, Linus Torvalds – the chief programmer of the Linux kernel – sent out a letter in which he apologized for his hostile behavior towards others in the community that maintains the project. He ...
The Verge

With Linux’s founder stepping back, will the community change its culture?

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and ...
PC World

Linux code is the ‘benchmark of quality,’ study concludes

Fans of free and open source software (FOSS) may recall a report from Coverity last year that found open source code typically has fewer defects per thousand lines of code than proprietary software ...
Network World

SGI compares Linux, Unix source code

An open letter to the Linux community published this week by Silicon Graphics indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code owned by ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API went without documentation for six years — latest man-page package finally adds content for 2019 code

Documentation master Christian Brauner got fed up in 2024, stating "years of writing Groff have made me tired," and he created his own repository with Markdown version of the pages, finally giving ...
Computerworld

Hackers break into Linux source code site

As Linux fans know, there are two kinds of hackers: the good guys who develop free software, such as the Linux kernel, and the bad guys who break into computers. The bad guys paid the good guys an ...