Linux scheduler issue claims garbage
Says Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds says that claims by C++ game developer Malte Skarupke that his spinlocks experiments had discovered the Linux kernel had a scheduler issue were garbage.
Google Now bans some Linux web browsers
Nothing to do with how they handle adverts and tracking, honest
Google is now banning the popular Linux browsers named Konqueror, Falkon, and Qutebrowser from logging into Google services because they may not be secure.
Linux VPN connections can be hacked
Too easy to p p pick up a penguin
Insecurity experts at Breakpointing Bad have found aa new vulnerability allowing potential attackers to hijack VPN connections on affected *NIX devices and inject arbitrary data payloads into IPv4 and IPv6 TCP streams.
Google wants to use the Linux kernel
No longer heavily modified
Google has been talking about getting Android as close as possible to the mainline Linux kernel.
Linux is supercomputer king
Open sauce bubbles away really fast
According to the latest Top 500 supercomputer ratings, the average speed of Linux-powered racers is now 1.14 petaflops.
OS prepared for the end of the world
Armageddon outa here
Collapse OS is a new open-source operating system built for use during humanity's darkest days.
Linus is not worried about Microsoft take over
How I quit worrying and learnt to love the Vole
While other open sorcerers are worried about Microsoft's influence on their community, IT's Mr Sweary Linus Torvalds is not too concerned.
Torvalds approves kernel lock-down
Thou shalt not change the kernel code
Over the weekend, IT's Mr Sweary Linus Torvalds approved a new security feature for the Linux kernel, named 'lockdown'.
Huawei sells Matebooks with Linux
2019 is the year of the Linux notebook don't ya know?
Huawei is now flogging the Matebook 13, Matebook 14, and Matebook X Pro in China with Deepin Linux preinstalled.
Microsoft wants Linux to get exFAT
To facilitate the development of “conformant, interoperable implementations
Software King of the World Microsoft said it is supporting the addition of its exFAT file system to the Linux kernel. To facilitate the development of “conformant, interoperable implementations”.