Thursday, November 12, 2026

kernel development

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7.3-rc6 and the "AI Normal": Your Kernel Is Now Debugged by Machines

Linux 7.3-rc6 landed October 4, roughly two weeks out from the expected stable release. The bigger story of the 7.3 cycle isn't one feature — it's the flood of AI-assisted fixes that has quietly rewritten how the kernel gets built, and what that means for the machines you run.

5 Oct 20265 min

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kernel development

Linux

How to Read a Kernel Release Candidate Like Linus Does

Linux 7.3-rc5 looks odd on paper — 577 commits with a strange diffstat. Here's how to read a release candidate announcement the way Linus writes it, and why 'boring' is good news.

30 Sep 20263 min