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As Linux 5.12 released, Linus Torvalds warns next version will probably be rather large

New version adds: Hyper-V fun, more support for ACRN IoT hypervisor, PlayStation controller support, ‘novelty port’ to ancient Nintendo

Linus Torvalds reluctantly issues one more release candidate for Linux kernel 5.12

We gotta do this again? Really? Oh, alright then. But this eight release candidates thing is not great

Linus Torvalds worries kernel 5.12 might be ‘one of those releases’ that lands a tad late

Driver and networking changes keep coming and io_uring is being noisy

Linus Torvalds issues early Linux Kernel update to fix swapfile SNAFU

‘Subtle and very nasty bug’ meant 5.12 rc1 could trash entire filesystems

Linus Torvalds went six days without electricity, swears smaller 5.12 kernel is co-incidental

Devs told if they really, really, need more time for merges they can have it

Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.11, says it's so good your significant other wants you to test it on Valentine's Day

AMD admirers get plenty to swoon over, Intel’s SGX also makes it unto the kernel, as did some head-scratching gaming kit

Linus Torvalds labels Super Bowl 'violent version of egg-and-spoon race'

Linux quarterback wants you to test hopefully final rc of kernel 5.11 instead of 'standing around, waiting for the next commercial to come on'

Linus Torvalds rates his own words 'incoherent ramblings of a crazy old man'

Defying expectations, kernel devs roared back to work

Linux 5.11 dominated by descriptors for new AMD silicon

Linus Torvalds has been back at work for a week and already has a second release candidate ready. What’s your excuse?

Linus Torvalds launches Linux kernel 5.10, warns devs not to send 5.11 code too close to Christmas

New long-term support edition of Linux knocks off year 2038 bug, ends support for Power PC 601, and much more

Linus Torvalds hails 'historic' Linux 5.10 for ditching defunct addressing artefact

Memory-handling oddity from the age of the 286 has been around since 'pretty much the original release of Linux'

Linus Torvalds pines for header file fix but releases Linux 5.8 anyway

Lots of love for AMD and POWER 10 and a hint of some Google's operational code making it into future releases

Linus Torvalds banishes masters, slaves and blacklists from the Linux kernel, starting now

As a colossal commit count crashes into Linux 5.8-rc5

'It's really hard to find maintainers...' Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux

Will code move on to a language such as Rust? 'I'm convinced it's going to happen' says kernel colonel

80-characters-per-line limits should be terminal, says Linux kernel chief Linus Torvalds

As he gives us version 5.7 with support for Apple power tech and better exFAT

Linus Torvalds drops Intel and adopts 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper on personal PC

‘My 'allmodconfig' test builds are now three times faster than they used to be’ says Linux overlord

Linux kernel technical advisory board asks if any maintainers need coronavirus relief

As Linus Torvalds relieves the USA of his favorite Finnish Easter dessert

'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’

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