rust in linux

Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.2-rc1 on Sunday, June 28, 2026, opening the public stabilization phase for the next mainline Linux kernel after two weeks of merge-window work following Linux 7.1. The release is not a finished kernel, and that distinction matters. What arrived this weekend is...

Linux 7.0 is here, and the headline is not the round-number release itself so much as what Linus Torvalds chose to say about it. In his release note, Torvalds suggested that AI tooling may be ushering in a new normal for the kernel: more corner cases, more small fixes, and a steadier trickle of...