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Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-07 | get Intel 486 Processor Upgrade → | tags: linux kernel, intel 486, linus torvalds

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Linux Finally Starts Removing Support for Intel's 37-Year-Old i486 Processor (slashdot.org)

2026-04-06 | by Posted | get Intel i486 Processor Emulator → | tags: linux, intel, linux kernel

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Linux devs start removing support for 37-year-old Intel 486 CPU — head honcho Linus Torvalds says 'zero real reason' to continue support (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Intel 486 CPU Emulator → | tags: linux, intel 486, linus torvalds

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I imported the full Linux kernel git history into pgit (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | by Oliver Seifert | get Linux Kernel Source Code Book → | tags: linux kernel, pgit, postgresql

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Pgit: I Imported the Linux Kernel into PostgreSQL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | by Oliver Seifert | get PostgreSQL Linux Kernel Extension → | tags: linux kernel, postgresql, pgit

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Claude Code Found a Linux Vulnerability Hidden for 23 Years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-03 | by Michael Lynch | get Linux Kernel Security Book → | tags: linux kernel, anthropic, claude code

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Linux Maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman Says AI Tools Now Useful, Finding Real Bugs (slashdot.org)

2026-03-28 | by Posted | get Linux Kernel Debugging Tool → | tags: linux, greg kroah-hartman, ai tools

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io_uring, libaio performance across Linux kernels and an unexpected IOMMU trap (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-24 | get Linux Kernel Performance Kit → | tags: io_uring, libaio, linux kernels

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Sashiko: An agentic Linux kernel code review system (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-22 | get Linux Kernel Code Review Tool → | tags: linux kernel, sashiko, chris mason

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Major SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine, even more third-party hardware (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-20 | get Steam Deck Protective Case → | tags: steamos, steam machine, valve

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My first patch to the Linux kernel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | get Linux Kernel Development Book → | tags: linux kernel, virtualization, kvm

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Google Engineers Launch "Sashiko" for Agentic AI Code Review of the Linux Kernel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | get Linux Kernel Code Review Tool → | tags: google, sashiko, linux kernel

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A tale about fixing eBPF spinlock issues in the Linux kernel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | by Ritesh Oedayrajsingh Varma | get Linux Kernel eBPF Book → | tags: ebpf, linux kernel, spinlocks

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Meta’s renewed commitment to jemalloc (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | by Wenlei He | get jemalloc Memory Debugger → | tags: jemalloc, meta, linux kernel

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Jemalloc un-abandoned by Meta (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | by Wenlei He | get Jemalloc Memory Allocator → | tags: jemalloc, meta, linux kernel

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Greg Kroah-Hartman Stretches Support Periods for Key Linux LTS Kernels (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-02 | by Christine Hall | get Linux Kernel → | tags: linux kernel, lts kernels, kernel org

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Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code - here's how it works (zdnet.com)

2026-02-26 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Open Source → | tags: linux kernel, pretty good privacy, ppg

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Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-25 | by Liam Proven | get Neuralink → | tags: bcachefs, rust, linux kernel

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A bug is a bug, but a patch is a policy: The case for bootable containers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Containerization → | tags: linux kernel, cve, nvd

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Oldest Active Linux Distro Slackware Finally Releases Version 15.0 (slashdot.org)

2026-02-15 | by Posted | get Linux Distro → | tags: good, kernel, linux

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Linux Kernel Rust Code Sees Its First CVE Vulnerability (slashdot.org)

2025-12-17 | get Kernel → | tags: code, crash, kernel

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Rust in Linux's Kernel 'is No Longer Experimental' (slashdot.org)

2025-12-13 | by Posted | get Linux kernel → | tags: drivers, kernel, linux

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Red Hat Losing Another Prominent Linux Kernel Engineer (slashdot.org)

2025-11-18 | get Linux Kernel → | tags: code, kernel, linux