20 Years Later, Real-Time Linux Makes It to the Kernel — Really

20 Years Later, Real-Time Linux Makes It to the Kernel — Really

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Sep 19, 2024

The work done on real-time Linux has benefitted the open-source OS for years, but it was only this week that Linus Torvalds admitted its last piece into the mainline kernel. Exactly what took so long?

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