Linus Torvalds

New Capabilities

Managing the 7.x series; in August called the large release candidates the 'new normal' and in October said he used Claude Code on a kernel locking change

Linux 7.0 was the first major version number change since 6.0 in October 2022. It runs on most of the world's servers and all 500 of the fastest supercomputers. Rust, a memory-safe programming language, became a permanent part of the kernel after a three-year experiment.

Updated Nov 2

Rule Changes

Submitted an AI-assisted patch and backed removal of disclosure rules

Linux kernel maintainers agreed at an October 8 summit in Prague to stop requiring developers to disclose when AI tools helped write their code. A majority of about 30 senior developers backed scrapping the 'Assisted-by' tag, which had been required since January.

Updated Oct 22