The practical impact of the end of 486 support will be negligible; the number of modern Linux distributions that use the kernel’s 486 support is negligible.

The Intel i486, originally released in 1989, will no longer have kernel support on Linux 7.1, as Phoronix reports. Of course, anyone still hanging onto an i486 can always stick to a long-term support ...

Linus Torvalds releases Linux Kernel 7.0 RC 7, the final candidate before the official 7.0 launch. Learn what's new in Linux ...

An AWS engineer has reported PostgreSQL throughput dropping to 0.51x on Linux 7.0 after a kernel preemption change, with no ...

Kernel 7.0 didn't need to be a big deal. It went ahead and became one anyway.

Canonical has just released the beta of the next Ubuntu LTS – but what's grabbed the attention of many is that it features ...

This article is based on findings from a kernel-level GPU trace investigation performed on a real PyTorch issue (#154318) using eBPF uprobes. Trace databases are published in the Ingero open-source ...

A growing body of academic research suggests that large language model agents can now produce bug reports and even patch ...

Kroah-Hartman credited longtime kernel developer Chris Mason, now at Meta, with pioneering AI-based review workflows. Mason ...

AI Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says it's time to stop talking about AI 'slop' and start talking about a 'theory of the mind that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.

The stable release of Linux Kernel 6.18 was officially tagged on November 30, 2025. It’s expected to become this year’s major long-term support (LTS) kernel, something many users and distributions ...