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Articles about Linus Torvalds

'Social distancing champ' Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.6, tells devs to put health before next release

Doesn’t anticipate slowdown because ‘I suspect a lot of us work from home even normally’

Linus Torvalds ponders: Is Linux 5.6 going well because it's bug-free, or thanks to that other bug?

'The world around us may be going through strange times, but so far kernel development looks normal,' says penguin emperor

It's a no to ZFS in the Linux kernel from me, says Torvalds, points finger of blame at Oracle licensing

What's that coming over the hill? Is it a lawyer? It's Larry's lawyers

Linux kernel is getting more reliable, says Linus Torvalds. Plus: What do you need to do to be him?

Chief Linux maintainer job is all about reading many, many, many emails, and 'saying no'

STIBP, collaborate and listen: Linus floats Linux kernel that 'fixes' Intel CPUs' Spectre slowdown

Meanwhile: Another kernel dev is 'unfscking' the source code, with predictable results

Woke Linus Torvalds rolls his first 4.20, mulls Linux 5.0 effort for 2019

Kernel release candidate adds support for two Chinese CPU families... will these be the final new CPU archs?

PC version of Linux 4.19 lands with PC version of Linus Torvalds: Kernel handed back to creator

And the updated code of conduct is now live, too

Linux kernel's Torvalds: 'I am truly sorry' for my 'unprofessional' rants, I need a break to get help

Project chief vows to learn to 'understand people’s emotions' after F-bomb explosions

make all relocate... Linux kernel dev summit shifts to Scotland – to fit Torvald's holiday plans

Edinburgh's in Canada, right? No? Oh … umm … sorry?

Linux kernel 4.18 delayed: Bug ate my rc7, says Linus Torvalds

Kernel broken, so Penguinista-in-Chief reverted 4.18-rc7

Linus Torvalds tells kernel devs to fix their regressive fixing

And get their timing right so that fixes aren't features

Linus Torvalds decides world isn’t ready for Linux 5.0

But he’s released a new kernel anyway and called it 4.17

Torvalds schedules Linux kernel 5.0, then maybe delays 'meaningless' release

Definitely hails amazing shrinking kernel in 4.17 rc1

Linux 4.16 arrives, keeps melting Meltdown, preps to axe eight CPUs

Kernel team mulls ditching chip architectures nobody used

Linus Torvalds says new Linux lands next week and he’s sticking to that … for now

Bloated rc7 may or not be a sign of delays

OpenWall unveils kernel protection project

Guarding the kernel against unauthorised changes

I want life to be boring, says Linus Torvalds as Linux 4.15 debuts

But Linux overlord braces for more Meltdown/Spectre excitement as kernelistas clean up remaining CPU messes

Linux 4.15 becomes slowest release since 2011

It needs a ninth release candidate, thanks in part to Meltdown and Spectre

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