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Linux kernel gets an update

June 20, 2006 Kernel 2.6.17 of the open-source operating system includes support for Sun's Niagara chips, wireless-friendly changes. TAGS: Linux kernel, kernel, Cisco Systems Inc., Linux, Broadcom Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Torvalds: Put Linux to the test

March 30, 2005 Linus Torvalds calls for more regular performance tests on the Linux kernel in hunt for inefficient code. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, kernel, Linux kernel, Linux

Update to Linux kernel debuts after 'false alarms'

November 2, 2005 Latest version of OS is out, almost a month overdue. Still, Linus Torvalds sees improvements "all over the place." TAGS: Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, kernel, alarm, Linux, e-mail

Torvalds gets tough on kernel coders

November 12, 2005 If developers add "last-minute things" to the next version of the Linux kernel, he says he will "laugh in their faces derisively." TAGS: Linus Torvalds, kernel, contributor, Linux kernel, Linux, patch management

Linux kernel 'getting buggier,' leader says

May 6, 2006 Lead maintainer Andrew Morton says defects are being added to the production kernel faster than they're being fixed. TAGS: kernel, defect, Linux kernel, tree, bug, conference, Linux, leader, patch management

Novell bans proprietary Linux modules

August 1, 2006 Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option. TAGS: Novell Inc., GPL, Linux kernel, module, Free Software Foundation, Linspire, Linux, kernel, open source, video card, video

Linux gets built-in Cell processor support

March 21, 2006 Updated kernel includes Oracle software for clustered databases, improves how OS runs on multiprocessor systems. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, multiprocessor, kernel, Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Sun UltraSPARC, Oracle Corp., Linux kernel, T1, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., programming, patch management, file system

New Linux look fuels old debate

April 17, 2006 The use of closed-source software to give Linux slick graphics is keeping a thorny legal and philosophical dispute alive. TAGS: intellectual property, graphics chip company, open source, Linux, kernel, Free Software Foundation, ATI Technologies, Linux kernel, NVidia, GPL, software product, chip company, founder, manager, 3D, Microsoft Windows Vista
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