Longtime programmer Jonathan Corbet tells the story of Linux and reveals what's made it successful over its three decades.

The total size of the kernel grew from 13 million lines of code and 33,000 ... A graph included in the Linux Foundation report shows how contributions from various companies have evolved over time.

I t seemed inevitable that the Linux kernel sources would expand beyond 40 million lines early this year. Linux 6.13 was ...

The latest version of the Linux kernel currently consists of approximately 13 million lines of code across over 33,000 files. The rate of development peaked with version 2.6.30 last year, which ...

When Linux 6.13 was released at the beginning of the week on January 20, the sources of the kernel called Linux consisted of exactly 39,819,522 lines of – code-comments, blank lines ...

More than half of the 1.2 million lines of code for the real-time kernel technology have been moved into the mainline Linux kernel over the past year.

The number of lines of source code comprising Linux kernel files recently surpassed the ten million mark after the latest release of Linux version 2.6.27, an analysis has found.

The Linux kernel is improving faster than ever, gaining 7.8 patches per hour and 4,600 lines of new code every day. Topics Spotlight: Managing modern risks ...

The documentation, the large code size because it increases the time and effort for confirmation, ... A Linux kernel patch with 27,000 lines of code written in one file can be sent.

The Linux kernel is improving faster than ever, gaining 7.8 patches per hour and 4,600 lines of new code every day. That’s according to a new report published Monday by the Linux Foundation and ...