There are several main categories into which kernel releases may fall: Prepatch Prepatch or "RC" kernels are mainline kernel pre-releases that are mostly aimed at other kernel developers and Linux enthusiasts. They must be compiled from source and usually contain new features that must be tested before they can be …...
The Linux Kernel Organization is a California Public Benefit Corporation established in 2002 to distribute the Linux kernel and other Open Source software to the public without charge. We are recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3 private operating foundation. IRS determination letter California determination letter The Linux …...
What is Linux? Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged …...
If you have questions, comments or concerns about the F.A.Q. please contact us at helpdesk@kernel.org. Is Linux Kernel Free Software? Linux kernel is released under the terms of GNU GPL version 2 and is therefore Free Software as defined by the Free Software Foundation. For more …...
Email is the only reliable way of contacting Kernel.org administrators. General contacts helpdesk@kernel.org: All questions about kernel.org infrastructure. Please do not send general Linux questions or bug reports to these addresses. We do not have the resources to reply to them. Please try the following sites …...
We are pleased to announce the availability of a new mailing list service running under the new lists.linux.dev domain. The goal of this deployment is to offer a subscription service that: prioritizes mail delivery to public-inbox archives available via lore.kernel.org conforms to DMARC requirements to ensure …...
If you are a developer located around Beijing, or if your connection to Beijing is faster and more reliable than to locations outside of China, then you may benefit from the new git.kernel.org mirror kindly provided by Code Aurora Forum at https://kernel.source.codeaurora.cn/. This is …...
The Linux kernel community operates a Code of Conduct based on the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct with a Linux Kernel Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct Interpretation. Code of Conduct Committee The Linux kernel Code of Conduct Committee is currently made up of the following people: Kristen Accardi <kristen.c …...
We are trialing out a new feature that can send you a notification when the patches you send to the LKML are applied to linux-next or to the mainline git trees. If you are interested in trying it out, here are the details: The patches must be sent to the …...
You may access the archives of many Linux development mailing lists on lore.kernel.org. Most of them include a full archive of messages going back several decades. listing of currently hosted archives If you would like to suggest another kernel development mailing list to be included in this list …...
We'd like to announce several small changes to the way Linux tarballs are produced. Mainline release tarball signatures Starting with the 4.18 final release, all mainline tarball PGP signatures will be made by Greg Kroah-Hartman instead of Linus Torvalds. The main goal behind this change is to simplify the …...
If you are in charge of CI infrastructure that needs to perform frequent full clones of kernel trees from git.kernel.org, we strongly recommend that you use the git bundles we provide instead of performing a full clone directly from git repositories. It is better for you, because downloading …...