Linux continues to grow bigger and better. Here's what's new and notable in the 6.16 release, plus what you need to know about 6.17.

Rust for Linux gained supporters and momentum, and in October 2022, Torvalds approved a pull request adding support for Rust code in the kernel.

Linus Torvalds would accept code for programming the kernel in Rust, even if the maintainer of the relevant part of Linux blocked its inclusion.

The inclusion of Rust-based tools in Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka represents a significant milestone—not just for Canonical, but for the Linux ecosystem at large. By weaving Rust into the fabric of ...

In theory, writing a Linux device driver shouldn’t be that hard, but it is harder than it looks. However, using libusb, you can easily deal with USB devices from user space, which, for many p… ...

(Asahi is a Linux distribution for Apple's Arm-compatible PCs, hence Martin's involvement, up until now, in both the kernel's code for those machines as well as that distro project.) ...

The first version of Rust was released 12 years ago, while including the language in the Linux kernel has been in discussion for quite some time.