Longtime programmer Jonathan Corbet tells the story of Linux and reveals what's made it successful over its three decades.

One of the first steps in understanding your Linux distro and kernel is knowing the version that they are currently running. This gives you an idea of what features are available at your disposal as ...

A Linux distribution, or distro. ... When discussing operating systems that use the Linux kernel, the terms ‘distribution,’ ‘distro’ and ‘operating system’ are interchangeable.

Getting Linux kernel 6.8. As for getting Linux 6.8, you can download the source code right now to compile the kernel by hand. Bit much; you’re best off waiting for your Linux distribution to package ...

Microsoft’s push to get PC makers to physical “Copilot” keys to devices means the Linux kernel needs to accommodate it, which Linux 6.14 duly does. A mapping for the Microsoft Copilot keyboard key has ...

We show you how to install and update Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 11 with the latest kernel and the Linux distribution of your choice. By Markus Kasanmascheff.

End users shouldn’t go out and download Linux 6.16 when it’s released, instead just wait for your Linux distribution to update to it, as distribution-specific changes get made.

Working at the intersection of Apple's newest hardware and Linux kernel development, for the benefit of a free distribution, was never going to be easy.But it's been an especially hard couple of ...