Rocky Linux Creator Built a New "Not Linux" Kernel in 11 Days Using AI
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Gregory Kurtzer, creator of CentOS and Rocky Linux, has released Ginux, an independent Rust-based x86-64 kernel that is not a Linux fork but implements the Linux ABI so unmodified Linux binaries can run. He reports building it in 11 days with an AI coding agent under human direction.