Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of ‘stabilization phase’ and using ‘much healthier model’ for AI contributions

Linus Torvalds reports that the Linux kernel has exited its stabilization phase, adopting a healthier model for AI contributions, though machine-made patches are frequently rewritten. Meanwhile, Rocky Linux creator Gregory Kurtzer developed Ginux, a new non-Linux kernel, in eleven days using an AI agent. Ginux is an independent, Rust-first x86-64 kernel featuring its own scheduler, memory management, and networking, providing a Linux userspace without the underlying Linux kernel, rather than being a fork.