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Linux 内核社区近日正式形成了一份“项目延续性计划”，为未来某一天林纳斯·托瓦兹（Linus Torvalds）不再担任顶层维护者时的接班流程设定框架。 这一方案旨在明确在有序交接或突发状况下，如何选出一名或多名新的顶级维护者接管 Linux 主线代码库。这份被开发者戏称为“计划之计划”的文档由长期内核贡献者 Dan Williams 起草，并在近期于东京举行的 Linux 内核维护者峰会上进 ...

Good news, everyone! Linus Torvalds announced the final release of Linux kernel version 6.15 on 25 May 2025. Every kernel release brings better support for new computer parts and makes existing ones ...

Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were ...

Working at the intersection of Apple’s newest hardware and Linux kernel development, for the benefit of a free distribution, was never going to be easy. But it’s been an especially hard couple of ...

Nathan is a tech journalist from Canada who spends too much money on gadgets. You can find his work on Android Police, Digital Trends, iMore, Mobile Syrup and ZDNET. Nathan studied journalism at ...

There are many open source programs (aka code that’s accessible to the public) out there for both Linux and Windows. For programs and tools where that’s not the case, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) ...

What just happened? Linux has long been the versatile open-source workhorse behind everything from web servers to Android phones. A significant milestone now enables the penguin mascot to showcase its ...

Canonical has rolled out essential security updates for Ubuntu, addressing multiple Linux kernel vulnerabilities that also impact Amazon Web Services (AWS). These issues, which involve race conditions ...