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Linus Torvalds Says Intels Spectre Fix Is Complete and Utter Garbage
2018-01-23 19:15:39| Extremetech
Original Linux developer Linus Torvalds has called Intel's patches "COMPLETE AND UTTER GARBAGE." He actually used caps lock, so you know he's serious. The post Linus Torvalds Says Intel’s Spectre Fix Is ‘Complete and Utter Garbage’ appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Torvalds Still Will Not License Linux Under GPL v3
2017-06-19 12:07:06| eWEEK Linux
The Linux creator said copyright owners would have to agree to licensing changes, and those who didn't would have to rewrite code.
Torvalds Still Will Not License Linux Under GPL v3
2017-06-19 12:07:05| eWEEK Developer
The Linux creator said copyright owners would have to agree to licensing changes, and those who didn't would have to rewrite code.
Torvalds Blows Stack Over Buggy New Kernel
2016-10-07 23:08:20| TechNewsWorld
Linux creator Linus Torvalds this week apologized for including in the just-released Linux 4.8 kernel a bug fix that crashed it. The bug the dev was trying to fix has existed since Linux 3.15, "but the fix is clearly worse than the bug ... since that original bug has never killed my machine," Torvalds wrote. Kernel work, like brain surgery, is not foolproof, noted tech analyst Al Hilwa.
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Common Bonds: Jobs, Torvalds and Bad Behavior
2015-10-12 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
I can understand Linux in the 1990s. It was backed largely by folks who didn't do well with others. The fights between the Linux and BSD folks were both legendary and juvenile, and Linux's existence seemed defined entirely by the revolt against Microsoft. Now, though, the platform is mainstream, and there's a huge effort by some of its corporate supporters to bring more women into technology.
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