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

After 34 years, the Linux kernel writes down a backup plan for the chaos if Torvalds exit suddenly ...

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

If the designated successor cannot or will not take over the development of the Linux kernel, a meeting will decide on the ...

"In the absence of an agreed-upon process, the community would find itself playing Calvinball at an awkward time." ...

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 ...

It wasn't an ordinary week at Linux creator's Linus Torvalds house in Portland, OR. A snowstorm had knocked out power to Torvalds' home for the better part of a week. Despite that, Torvalds still got ...

It finally happened. After years of efforts and rewrites, Linus Torvalds has signed offon a new optional feature for Linux that locks down the kernel much earlier in the boot process than was ...

It looks as though Linus Torvalds needs a cooling off period. After a number of public outbursts online and raging against tech titans, Torvalds announced this weekend that he is temporarily stepping ...