'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’ OSes30 Mar 2020 | 23
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 OSes23 Mar 2020 | 10
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 OSes13 Jan 2020 | 185
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' OSes30 Oct 2019 | 38
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 OSes04 Dec 2018 | 48
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? OSes06 Nov 2018 | 50
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 OSes22 Oct 2018 | 62
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 OSes17 Sep 2018 | 233
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? OSes07 Sep 2018 | 67
Linux kernel 4.18 delayed: Bug ate my rc7, says Linus Torvalds Kernel broken, so Penguinista-in-Chief reverted 4.18-rc7 OSes01 Aug 2018 | 26
Linus Torvalds tells kernel devs to fix their regressive fixing And get their timing right so that fixes aren't features OSes25 Jun 2018 | 18
Linus Torvalds decides world isn’t ready for Linux 5.0 But he’s released a new kernel anyway and called it 4.17 OSes04 Jun 2018 | 58
Torvalds schedules Linux kernel 5.0, then maybe delays 'meaningless' release Definitely hails amazing shrinking kernel in 4.17 rc1 Software16 Apr 2018 | 52
Linux 4.16 arrives, keeps melting Meltdown, preps to axe eight CPUs Kernel team mulls ditching chip architectures nobody used OSes03 Apr 2018 | 47
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 OSes26 Mar 2018 | 12
OpenWall unveils kernel protection project Guarding the kernel against unauthorised changes OSes05 Feb 2018 | 12
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 OSes28 Jan 2018 | 17
Linux 4.15 becomes slowest release since 2011 It needs a ninth release candidate, thanks in part to Meltdown and Spectre OSes22 Jan 2018 | 20
Dirty COW redux: Linux devs patch botched patch for 2016 mess This time it's a 'Huge Dirty COW' and Linus Torvalds has cleaned up after it OSes04 Dec 2017 | 24
Linus Torvalds on security: 'Do no harm, don't break users' Fixing for the sake of security alone means 'all your work was just masturbation' OSes24 Nov 2017 | 113
Linus Torvalds 'sorry' for swearing, blames popularity of Linux itself More than 20 pulls a day on his desk, v.4.15 bloating and a Thanksgiving trip to pack for made Linus testy OSes22 Nov 2017 | 39
Some 'security people are f*cking morons' says Linus Torvalds Linux Lord fires up over proposal to secure Linux by shutting down wonky processes OSes20 Nov 2017 | 201
Linux 4.14 arrives and Linus says it should have fewer 0-days Which is nice as it's the next long-term release and gets Linux into the GPU game OSes12 Nov 2017 | 23
Don't be a turkey: Help Linus Torvalds finish Linux 4.14 before it ruins Thanksgiving RC7 is out and Linus would like to avoid rc8 if possible OSes30 Oct 2017 | 15
Linus Torvalds lauds fuzzing for improving Linux security But he's not at all keen on Santa Claus or fairies OSes16 Oct 2017 | 14
Linux kernel long term support extended from two to six years Google wants Android devices to survive four OS upgrades, even if LTS releases make Linus a bit grumpy Software03 Oct 2017 | 19
Latest Linux kernel release candidate was a sticky mess 4.14 rc2 tarball trapped the unwary with missed patch OSes26 Sep 2017 | 11
Linux 4.14 'getting very core new functionality' says Linus Torvalds Memory management wonks, this release is for you. And also you Hyper-V admins OSes18 Sep 2017 | 90
Linus Torvalds' lifestyle tips for hackers: Be like me, work in a bathrobe, no showers before noon Also be curious and constructive by working on Linux instead of breaking it OSes12 Sep 2017 | 72
Linus Torvalds passed a kidney stone and then squeezed out Linux 4.13 SMB 1.0 also deemed better out than in, as TLS makes it into the kernel OSes04 Sep 2017 | 38
Linus Torvalds pens vintage 'f*cking' rant at kernel dev's 'utter BS' Dev bounces back with 'fair enough' as rc3 for 4.13 lands OSes31 Jul 2017 | 126
Linus Torvalds may have damned systemd with faint praise He's definitely set Linux 4.13 ball rolling, with Intel Canonlake support and scaled-up Xen VMs OSes17 Jul 2017 | 189
Linux 4.12 kernel lands: 'Go forth and use it' quoth Linus Torvalds 'No reason to delay' OSes03 Jul 2017 | 61
Linus Torvalds slams 'pure garbage' from 'clowns' at Grsecurity 'I stopped trying to be polite about their BS', says Torvalds who plans Linux 4.12 next week OSes26 Jun 2017 | 99
Linus Torvalds and Greg Kroah-Hartman both have new Linux in mind 4.12 might emerge next week, 4.14 dubbed next LTS release OSes20 Jun 2017 | 7
Linus Torvalds stops personally signing Linux kernel RC tarballs But Linux 4.12 rc1 made it out before Mother's Day anyway, thanks to new kernel.org plan OSes14 May 2017 | 9
Rejoice, for Linux 4.11 has been delivered! It's a big release for storage, shared memory, CPU speed boosts and touchy-feely types OSes01 May 2017 | 20
Linux 4.11 delayed for a week by NVMe glitches and 'oops fixes' Linus Torvalds reckons 'It's not like another week of letting this release mature will really hurt' OSes24 Apr 2017 | 12
Linus Torvalds explains how to Pull without jerking his chain Linux 4.11 rc 2 is out, but not until after a little terse instruction on how to contribute OSes13 Mar 2017 | 30
Linus Torvalds lashes devs who 'screw all the rules and processes' and send him 'crap' You're on the sh*t-list and will be shouted at, says Linus as he gives the world Linux 4.11 rc1 OSes06 Mar 2017 | 111
Git fscked by SHA-1 collision? Not so fast, says Linus Torvalds Attack is hard, discovery is easy, so fix it right rather than right now Security26 Feb 2017 | 55
Oh happy day! Linus Torvalds has given the world Linux 4.10 Complete with faster disk reads, support for more CPUs and the usual grab bag of goodness OSes20 Feb 2017 | 43
Talk of tech innovation is bullsh*t. Shut up and get the work done – says Linus Torvalds OSLS A top life tip, there, from the Linux kernel chieftain OSes15 Feb 2017 | 78
Linus Torvalds decides world doesn't need a new Linux today 'I could have released the final 4.10' but preferred not to over-complicate things OSes12 Feb 2017 | 26
If Linus Torvalds works well in airports, Linux 4.10 will land next week Linux lord wishes he'd consulted his calendar before last week's hurry-up suggestion OSes06 Feb 2017 | 4
Linus Torvalds says Linux 4.10 just 'blew up' as rc6 bloats 'Small and calm release candidate' suddenly gets 'a bit distressing' as rc8 looms OSes30 Jan 2017 | 17
Ridiculously small Linux build lands with ridiculously few swears Happy New Year, let's get ranty next time around OSes03 Jan 2017 | 20
'Upset' Linus Torvalds gets sweary and gets results Devs cringe apologetically at errors Linux Lord dubbed 'piece-of-shit branch' OSes19 Dec 2016 | 67
Linus Torvalds releases 'biggest ever' Linux 4.9, then saves Christmas Also announces version 4.10's shorter-than-usual merge window OSes11 Dec 2016 | 57
Linus Torvalds finds 163 reasons to wait a week for a new Linux Kernel devs weren't quiet enough so the world has Linux 4.9 rc8 to consider OSes05 Dec 2016 | 15
Shhhhh! If you're quiet, Linus Torvalds might release a new Linux But he thinks the code in rc 7 is still pretty noisy, so expect another release candidate OSes28 Nov 2016 | 22
Linux 4.9 has 'issues that just shouldn't be issues'. Or might not Linus Torvalds both is and isn't worried about progress towards next release OSes21 Nov 2016 | 10
'F*cking crap' aside, Linus Torvalds says Linux 4.9 is coming along nicely Another week, another rc, but no overlayfs update OSes07 Nov 2016 | 29
Bits of Google's dead Project Ara modular mobe live on in Linux 4.9 Linus Torvalds teaches devs a lesson with early rc1 release OSes17 Oct 2016 | 20
Linus Torvalds says ARM just doesn't look like beating Intel Linux Lord also feels Internet of Things hardware is mostly doomed, like his old Sinclair QL OSes10 Oct 2016 | 117
Linus Torvalds admits 'buggy crap' made it into Linux 4.8 Devs have 'NO F*CKING EXCUSE to knowingly kill the kernel', says Linux lord OSes05 Oct 2016 | 84
Linus Torvalds won't apply 'sh*t-for-brains stupid patch' He's sweary, but probably right on 'fundamentally insane' idea of driver/firmware disconnect OSes07 Sep 2016 | 136
Having offended everyone else in the world, Linus Torvalds calls own lawyers a 'nasty festering disease' Time for a compendium of abuse OSes26 Aug 2016 | 149
Linux turns 25, with corporate contributors now key to its future What's the weather in Hell today? Linus Torvalds has visited Microsoft at LinuxCon OSes26 Aug 2016 | 54
PGP admins: Kill short keys now, or Alice will become Chuck Someone's impersonating the likes of Linus Torvalds with attacks via keyservers Security17 Aug 2016 | 7
Linux 4.8 rc1 lands, with Surface 3 support promised! 10787 files changed, 612208 insertions, 272098 deletions and lots of doc updates OSes08 Aug 2016 | 31