Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds

Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds ...

The Linux community now has a succession plan for when Linus Torvalds checks out, after an apparently uplifting discussion about 'our eventual march toward death'

"In the absence of an agreed-upon process, the community would find itself playing Calvinball at an awkward time." ...
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Succession: Linux kernel community gets continuity plan for post-Linus era

Conclave doc outlines path to eternal releases The Linux kernel project has finally answered one of the biggest questions ...

Linux gets a continuity plan for the day Linus Torvalds steps aside

Linus Torvalds started the Linux project in 1991, developing a Unix-like kernel inspired by Andrew S. Tanenbaum's Minix.
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Linux community makes plans for Linus exit

The Linux kernel community has started spelling out what happens when Linus Torvalds steps aside and the repo still needs steering. A continuity document has been drafted by longtime kernel ...
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Why The Latest Linux Kernel Won’t Run On Your 486 And 586 Anymore

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...
Linux Journal

Inside the Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG): A New Layer of Kernel Integrity Protection

LKRG (short for Linux Kernel Runtime Guard) is a loadable kernel module that continuously monitors the health and integrity ...
EDN

Embedded Linux Design: Kernel Analysis

The Linux kernel provides support for memory management, interprocess communication mechanisms, interrupt management, and TCP / IP networking. The directory structure separates architecture-dependent ...