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Linus Torvalds posts his first AI-assisted patch to the Linux kernel, synthetic test clocks 23x performance leap

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Linus Torvalds posts his first LLM-assisted patch to the Linux kernel — after issuing clear pro-AI directives, the bossman makes use of AI tooling himself

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Linux was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today

By Mark Tyson Published

The development of Linux, a free ‘hobby’ operating system, was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today.

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Linus Torvalds rebukes anti-AI stances in the Linux kernel code review process, says 'Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects'

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator and kernel manager, has seemingly taken an accepting stance of AI-assisted tooling.

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A screenshot of a Linux directory listing with a picture of Tux, the Linux mascot, in the corner; a person is walking in the reflection on the screen.
Linux lays down the law on AI-generated code, says yes to Copilot, no to AI slop, and humans take the fall for mistakes

By Zak Killian Published

After months of fierce debate, Linus Torvalds and the Linux kernel maintainers have laid down the law on AI-generated code.

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Linux devs start removing support for 37-year-old Intel 486 CPU

By Mark Tyson Published

Linux kernel developers appear to have started to dismantle support for the legendary Intel 486 CPU.

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After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Linux kernel community draws up contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds

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Linux is 34 years old today

By Mark Tyson Published

On this day 34 years ago, an unknown computer science student from Finland humbly announced that a new free operating system project was 'starting to get ready.'

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Linus Torvalds calls RISC-V code from Google engineer 'garbage' and that it 'makes the world actively a worse place to live'

By Mark Tyson Published

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as 'garbage.'

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Linus Torvalds still uses an RX 580 in his main setup to develop Linux, has fallen back to an Intel laptop

By Hassam Nasir Published

Polaris still enjoys Linux support, both from the code and its creator

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Gates meets Torvalds for the first time
Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time, have dinner

By Mark Tyson Published

Photo shows the first meeting between two legends of the tech world, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, standing together after a dinner.

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