{
  "id": 17751432,
  "title": "Rocky Linux Creator Built a New 'Not Linux' Kernel in 11 Days Using AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/rocky-linux-creator-built-a-new-not-linux-kernel-in-11-days-using-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-02T05:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/11/02/0317207/rocky-linux-creator-built-a-new-not-linux-kernel-in-11-days-using-ai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gregory Kurtzer, creator of CentOS and Rocky Linux, has launched a brand new operating system kernel called Ginux. The project is not a Linux fork, but rather an independent, Rust-first x86-64 kernel. Ginux features its own memory management, scheduler, process model, filesystems, networking, and device support, all developed from scratch. Despite not being Linux, Ginux is compatible with Linux binaries due to its Linux ABI implementation. Currently, Ginux runs only in a QEMU virtual machine, without physical hardware support or independent security auditing.",
  "summary": "From the blog It's FOSS Gregory Kurtzer is no stranger to the Linux world. He created CentOS, and when Red Hat messed it up, he started Rocky Linux as the community replacement. He also co-founded CIQ, the company offering enterprise support around Rocky. His latest project has nothing to do with rebuilding another Linux distro, though. He has built an entirely new operating system kernel, and he…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}