Linux Kernel Development News

The latest word about Linux kernel development, from Linux.com and authoritative sources around the Internet.

Exploring What the su Command Means

Wednesday, 10 April 2013 01:00 OpenSource.com

What does "su" mean to you? Do you still prefer using the command line to accomplish tasks on your Linux or UNIX based system? For some, navigating the filesystem and firing off commands in a terminal window...

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Linux Kernel Power Management Targeting Memory

Tuesday, 09 April 2013 21:01 Phoronix

One of the areas of hardware power management that can yield a surprising amount of power-savings but is often overlooked comes down to the system memory. Fortunately, new Linux kernel patches continue to be written for improving the Linux kernel RAM power management...

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Kernel Prepatch 3.9-rc6

Sunday, 07 April 2013 23:03 LWN

The 3.9-rc6 kernel prepatch is out. Linus says: "Nothing really exciting stands out, I think the appended ShortLog gives a good overview for people who want to wallow in the details… Things seem to be on track, which means that unless something comes up, rc7 will probably be the last...

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Linux Kernel Port To TI-Nspire Graphing Calculators

Thursday, 04 April 2013 05:20 Phoronix

The Linux kernel has been ported to the Texas Instruments TI-Nspire. The TI-Nspire series platform powers higher-end graphing calculators in recent years from the Dallas-based company...

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Kernel Prepatch 3.9-rc5

Sunday, 31 March 2013 21:45 LWN

The 3.9-rc5 kernel prepatch is out. Linus says: "Nothing really peculiar stands out. Exynos DRM updates, IBM RamSan driver updates are a bit larger, l2tp update... The rest is pretty much small patches spread out all over. Mostly drivers (block, net, media, tty, usb), networking, and some filesystem updates (btrfs,...

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