GitHub gets the heave-ho by a software developer group. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old developer takes on the maintainer role of the near-abandoned Unity desktop. The start of the summer season brought new ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Linux kernel developers are using AI to support project maintenance.Writing kernel code with AI remains an open question.Copyright and open-source licensing concerns still loom.

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According to Linus Torvalds, AI-powered developer tools are just tools, so they don't require new rules for kernel development – and established practices also apply to copyright issues. This is a ...

Linux is a treasure trove of powerful tools, many of which remain undiscovered by casual users. While staples like grep, awk, sed, and top dominate tutorials and guides, there's a second layer of ...

Secure Boot plays an important role in keeping your Windows system safe from rootkit attacks. While traditionally, this ...

Ubuntu 25.10, affectionately codenamed Questing Quokka, represents more than just the latest iteration of Canonical’s flagship Linux distribution. It marks a decisive step towards modernizing the ...

Linux developers seem to be letting bug reports slip throught the cracks. With 1500 open kernel bugs in the tracking system, and 50 going unanswered on the mailing list, do developers need a better ...

A German programmer says he has made the first step toward running the Linux operating system on Microsoft's Xbox game console--without running into any legal entanglements. Michael Steil, a German ...

Curious about what the new Linux subsystem in Windows 10 can and can't do? Here's what we've learned about its first release What sounded like an April Fools’ joke turned out to be anything but: Core ...