A new kernel branch owned by Linus Torvalds, named noref-filemap-read-with-llm, reworks memory management so page cache reads do not reference the folio struct, targeting folio reference count contention when many threads make small reads on one file. Torvalds said the implementation, test programs, review and the first draft of the cover letter were done with Claude Code under his direction, and the measurements ran on his machine.
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, has founded the Omacom Foundation, a non-profit supporting his Linux distribution Omarchy. The foundation launched with $8 million in donations, including $1 million each from eight tech figures such as Jack Dorsey, Michael Dell, and Patrick Collison. The foundation holds Omarchy's trademark, funds infrastructure, and supports dependent open-source software.
Developer Daniel Palmer has released LinuxMD, an experimental project that boots Linux on an actual Sega Mega Drive console from 1988. The project requires a Mega EverDrive flash cartridge with SSF2 mapper support to provide the necessary 4MB of RAM. Palmer also provides a modified QEMU emulator fork for testing, though it runs faster than real hardware.