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Linux Foundation removes 11 Russian developers from the Linux kernel project due to U.S. sanctions. Linus Torvalds confirms… Continue reading Linux Kernel Project Drops 11 Russian Developers Amid US Sanctions Concerns
Leading off the week is the controversy around the Linux kernel and an unexpected change in maintainership. The exact change was that over a dozen developers with ties to or …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: The Geopolitical Kernel, Roundcube, and The Archive
As the first part of a series, [George Emad] takes us through a few examples of the Linux operating system being used in spacecraft. These range from SpaceX’s Dragon capsule …read more Continue reading The Usage Of Embedded Linux In Spacecraft
Linux has become one of the largest operating systems on the servers that run large websites, and hopefully, one day, it will be big in the desktop market too. Some …read more Continue reading Find That Obscure Function With This Interactive Map Of The Linux Kernel
As a standard feature of the Linux kernel, device tree overlays (DTOs) allow for easy enabling and configuration of features and drivers, such as those contained within the standard firmware …read more Continue reading A Power Button for Raspberry Pi, Courtesy of Device Tree Overlays
The folks at Pen Test Partners decided to take a look at electric vehicle chargers. Many of these chargers are WiFi-connected, and let you check your vehicle’s charge state via …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Insecure Chargers, Request Forgeries, and Kernel Security
Posted by Kees Cook, Software Engineer, Google Open Source Security TeamTo borrow from an excellent analogy between the modern computer ecosystem and the US automotive industry of the 1960s, the Linux kernel runs well: when driving down the highway, yo… Continue reading Linux Kernel Security Done Right
You may remember the Pipewire coverage we ran a couple weeks ago, and the TODO item to fix up Firewire device support with Pipewire. It turns out that this is …read more Continue reading The Linux Kernel 5.14 Audio Update
One problem with modern programming languages is the reach their overly enthusiastic early adopters have nowadays thanks to the internet. As a result, everyone else’s first encounter with them are oftentimes some crude, fanboyish endeavors to rewrite every single established software project in that shiny new language — just because …read more
Continue reading Will 2020 Be The Year Of Rust In The Linux Kernel?
Android could be returning to its roots. Continue reading Google plans to take Android back to ‘mainline’ Linux kernel