ZDNet

Cleaning up the Linux kernel's 'Dependency Hell': This developer is proposing 2,200 commit changes

The object? No less than a comprehensive clean-up and rework of the Linux kernel's header hierarchy and header dependencies. Linux contains many header, .h, files. To be exact there are about 10,000 ...
ITWire

Pandemic did not get in the way of Linux reaching a million commits

The 5.8 release of the Linux kernel, which was released during the pandemic, was its biggest ever, with 1991 individuals contributing – an odd coincidence, given that 1991 was the year when the kernel ...
ZDNet

Commit 1 million: The history of the Linux kernel

While the Foundation has issued several Linux kernel history reports before, this one is unique. That's because, thanks to the work of Dr. Daniel German and his cregit tool, it's now possible to track ...
Bleeping Computer

Linux bans University of Minnesota for committing malicious code

In a rare, groundbreaking decision, Linux kernel project maintainers have imposed a ban on the University of Minnesota (UMN) from contributing to the open-source Linux project. The move comes after a ...
TechSpot

Linux Foundation drops the ban-hammer on University of Minnesota over controversial 'research' experiment

WTF?! It's probably not unusual for individual users to get banned from contributing to Linux for making poor decisions. However, for the first time to my knowledge, the Linux Foundation has ...