ZDNet

Programming languages: Rust in the Linux kernel takes another step forwards

The Rust for Linux project is making headway, but Linux creator still has some advice to knock it into shape. The Google-backed project to make Rust a second programming language in Linux kernel ...
Ars Technica

As the Kernel Turns: Rust in Linux saga reaches the “Linus in all-caps” phase

Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were ...
Linux Journal

How Rust’s Debut in the Linux Kernel is Shoring Up System Stability

When Rust first made its way into the Linux kernel in late 2022 (mainline inclusion began with version 6.1), it didn’t merely introduce a new programming language, it marked a profound shift in how we ...
Phoronix

Google's "Painful To Maintain" Binder C Linux Driver Being Removed In Favor Of Rust

Google's Binder driver written in the C programming language has long been part of the mainline kernel as the inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism used on Android. The past few years the Binder ...
techtimes

Linux at 35: Rust Now Permanent in Kernel After Memory Bugs Drove 80 Percent of CVEs

Linus Torvalds from Finland speaks after being awarded the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki on June 13, 2012. Jarno Mela/AFP/GettyImages On August 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds told a Usenet ...