Linux 7.1 was released on June 14, 2026, featuring a new NTFS driver with up to 110% faster multi-threaded writes, but the release cycle was nearly derailed by an influx of AI-generated patches that o…
A Master Software Engineer, Andy, has proposed a set of laws regarding the use of AI in software engineering. The laws suggest that as more developers rely on AI, engineers who do not use AI become mo…
Linus Torvalds reported a 20% increase in Linux kernel commits over the past six months, attributing the surge to AI development tools that have lowered the barrier for code contributions. Torvalds al…
Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds expressed frustration during his keynote at the Open Source Summit North America, dismissing claims that 99% of code is now generated by artificial intelligence. T…
Linux kernel networking maintainer Paolo Abeni submitted a "significantly bigger" pull request for Linux 7.1-rc5 than typical for this stage of development, attributing the increased patch volume to A…
Open-source developers are facing health risks due to a surge in AI-generated security bug reports, with curl lead developer Daniel Stenberg reporting a fivefold increase in daily reports that leaves …
Linus Torvalds announced he will take a stricter approach to accepting kernel contributions, vowing to reject "pointless pull requests" — including those generated by AI. The Linux creator said the ne…
The article explains that Git is fundamentally a content-addressable filesystem, not just a version control system, and that its core is the object store located in the `.git/objects` directory. It de…
Linux founder Linus Torvalds stated in his latest kernel update that the Linux security list has become nearly unmanageable due to a flood of AI-generated bug reports, which create massive duplication…