The following manuals are written for users of the kernel — those who are trying to get it to work optimally on a given system and application developers seeking information on the kernel’s user …

Aug 6, 2024 · Kernel.org accounts are usually reserved for subsystem maintainers or high-profile developers. It is absolutely not necessary to have an account on kernel.org to contribute to the …

Dec 3, 2025 · These kernel releases are not hosted at kernel.org and kernel developers can provide no support for them. It is easy to tell if you are running a distribution kernel.

The maintainers of the various kernel subsystems — and also many kernel subsystem developers — expose their current state of development in source repositories.

Mar 3, 2019 · The kernel code base is logically broken down into a set of subsystems: networking, specific architecture support, memory management, video devices, etc. Most subsystems have a …

Aug 6, 2024 · 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.

This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to application developers and system integrators doing analysis of the Linux kernel for safety critical applications.

Mar 15, 2021 · The Linux Foundation IT team has been working to improve the code integrity of git repositories hosted at kernel.org by promoting the use of PGP-signed git tags and commits.

There are a great many reasons why kernel code should be merged into the official (“mainline”) kernel, including automatic availability to users, community support in many forms, and the ability to …

Feb 6, 2022 · It supports all new drivers that have been added to the kernel recently. The old tool iwconfig, which uses Wireless Extensions interface, is deprecated and it’s strongly recommended to …