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
Epic is working on bringing Fortnite to Linux through its Epic Games Launcher. The new launcher is releasing in preview today, and for the first time on Linux, and while Fortnite isn’t available there just yet, Epic wants to make that a reality. So far, part of the reason Fortnite hasn’t been available on Linux […]
The Linux creator calls vibe coding ‘a wonderful way to find joy in programming,’ but not for running Linux development. (Finding bugs is OK.)
Anthropic’s offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-source projects that opt-in will get “thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost.” That could mean open-source projects get alerted about possible security issues sooner, but the trade-off is that OSS Scanner’s […]
If Elon Musk and SpaceXAI were going to back any Linux distro, it seems obvious they’d back Omarchy. Today it was announced that SpaceXAI would be joining the Omacom Foundation, which oversees Omarchy, as a Founding Corporate Patron and donating $1.5 million worth of Grok tokens to David Heinemeier Hansson’s Linux project. According to Hansson’s […]
The new method allows access using standard memory semantics instead of as a block device, drastically improving performance.
One of the more secure Linux distributions has added another feature to help further lock it down.
Debian voted to allow developers to use AI tools in their contributions to the Linux distribution’s “development, maintenance, [and] documentation.” The new policy on AI acknowledges that “responsible” use of AI can improve developers’ productivity, and goes on to say, “generative AI is neither exempt from nor subject to special rules beyond the standards already […]