Hackernews posts about the Linux Kernel

The Linux Kernel is the core operating system component that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services to computer programs.

  1. Understanding the Linux Kernel: The Scheduler (internals-for-interns.com)
    9 points by valyala 2 days ago | discuss
  2. Sashiko: AI code review system for the Linux kernel (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by root-parent 10 days ago | discuss
  3. Off By: Exploiting a Use-After-Free in the Linux Kernel (blog.exodusintel.com)
    3 points by caned 19 days ago | discuss
  4. The Linux Kernel Ready to Make TSC a Hard Requirement for x86 CPUs (www.phoronix.com)
    3 points by Bender 27 days ago | discuss
  5. High-severity vulnerability in Linux caused by a single faulty character (arstechnica.com)
    4 points by joozio 19 days ago | discuss
  6. Benchmarking the Different CachyOS Linux Kernel Flavors (www.phoronix.com)
    1 points by Bender 27 days ago | discuss
  7. Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches (www.phoronix.com)
    300 points by simonpure 8 days ago | 327 comments
  8. Spoiling Linux Kernel with "sanctioned" code (printserver.ink)
    111 points by ValdikSS 19 days ago | 66 comments
  9. Kernel.org's IPv6 address ends in ":1991:8:25", the date Linux was announced (old.reddit.com)
    19 points by politelemon 21 days ago | 1 comments
  10. Show HN: Ray Hosting – Topology-aware game server orchestrator made from scratch (ray-hosting.com)
    3 points by bardhyliis 15 days ago | discuss
  11. Ask HN: If we could remake Linux in 2026, what would you change?
    2 points by alonsovm44 2 days ago | 5 comments
  12. Show HN: Micron: a high performance C++23 (re)implementation of Libc and the STL (github.com)
    6 points by rfgplk 24 days ago | 3 comments
  13. Ask HN: Year of Linux Desktop is fun with LLMs
    6 points by mirekrusin 14 days ago | 3 comments
  14. Ask HN: What would justify writting an OS kernel in 2026?
    5 points by alonsovm44 7 days ago | 9 comments
  15. Linux Enacts Guidance to Tighten Acceptance of New File-Systems into the Kernel (www.phoronix.com)
    2 points by Bender 12 days ago | discuss
  16. Show HN: Kintsugi – a local-first safety net for AI agents and humans (github.com)
    1 points by arr0wassass1n 13 days ago | discuss
  17. Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel? (lock.cmpxchg8b.com)
    839 points by taviso 10 months ago | 908 comments
  18. AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel (github.com)
    527 points by hmokiguess 3 months ago | 436 comments
  19. My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (old.reddit.com)
    504 points by davisr 6 months ago | 262 comments
  20. The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide (sysprog21.github.io)
    395 points by wrycoder almost 2 years ago | 37 comments
  21. WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel (github.com)
    299 points by marcodiego 8 months ago | 65 comments
  22. How to write Rust in the Linux kernel: part 3 (lwn.net)
    268 points by chmaynard 12 months ago | 23 comments
  23. Kernel-hack-drill and exploiting CVE-2024-50264 in the Linux kernel (a13xp0p0v.github.io)
    239 points by r4um 10 months ago | 38 comments
  24. My first patch to the Linux kernel (pooladkhay.com)
    234 points by pooladkhay 3 months ago | 56 comments
  25. A Higgs-Bugson in the Linux Kernel (blog.janestreet.com)
    232 points by Ne02ptzero 12 months ago | 55 comments
  26. Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time (www.vidarholen.net)
    178 points by microsoftedging about 1 year ago | 264 comments
  27. A tale about fixing eBPF spinlock issues in the Linux kernel (rovarma.com)
    168 points by y1n0 3 months ago | 22 comments
  28. I imported the full Linux kernel git history into pgit (oseifert.ch)
    162 points by ImGajeed76 3 months ago | 45 comments
  29. A university got itself banned from the Linux kernel (2021) (www.theverge.com)
    146 points by italophil 6 months ago | 71 comments
  30. Rust in the Linux kernel: part 2 (lwn.net)
    145 points by chmaynard about 1 year ago | 65 comments
  31. The Linux Kernel Looks to “Bite the Bullet” in Enabling Microsoft C Extensions (www.phoronix.com)
    136 points by keyle 8 months ago | 97 comments
  32. Google Engineers Launch "Sashiko" for Agentic AI Code Review of the Linux Kernel (www.phoronix.com)
    111 points by speckx 3 months ago | 48 comments
  33. Tracing packets in the Linux kernel networking stack and friends (github.com)
    109 points by cacheline over 1 year ago | 9 comments
  34. When eBPF pt_regs reads return garbage on the latest Linux kernels, blame Fred (tanelpoder.com)
    105 points by tanelpoder over 1 year ago | 11 comments
  35. The Linux Kernel's PGP Web of Trust (blog.kleine-koenig.org)
    90 points by JNRowe about 1 year ago | 19 comments
  36. Understanding the Linux Kernel: The Linux Kernel Startup (internals-for-interns.com)
    80 points by valyala about 2 months ago | 21 comments
  37. Peering into the Linux Kernel with Trace (alexdowad.github.io)
    78 points by mre about 1 year ago | 3 comments
  38. Explanation of the Linux-kernel memory consistency model (2017) (raw.githubusercontent.com)
    77 points by Bogdanp 10 months ago | discuss
  39. RK3588 and RK3576 video decoders support merged in the upstream Linux Kernel (www.collabora.com)
    74 points by losgehts 4 months ago | 13 comments
  40. Meta Sees ~5% Performance Gains to Optimizing the Linux Kernel with Bolt (www.phoronix.com)
    50 points by newman314 almost 2 years ago | 25 comments
  41. New Apple Silicon Co-Maintainer Steps Up for the Linux Kernel (www.phoronix.com)
    46 points by LorenDB over 1 year ago | 13 comments
  42. Serge Semin's Goodbye to the Linux Kernel (lore.kernel.org)
    34 points by airhangerf15 over 1 year ago | 12 comments
  43. Using the Linux kernel to help me crack an executable quickly (blog.maowtm.org)
    30 points by maowtm about 1 year ago | 4 comments
  44. The Linux Kernel Will Soon Be MIT-Licensed and Copyleft Will Be Dead (lowendbox.com)
    26 points by bananamogul 4 months ago | 42 comments
  45. AMD Begins Plumbing APCI C4 Support in the Linux Kernel for Power Savings (www.phoronix.com)
    26 points by doener 10 months ago | 3 comments
  46. AI bro introduces regressions in the LTS Linux kernel (twitter.com)
    25 points by ayoisaiah 8 months ago | 2 comments