CentOS co-founder creates a Linux-compatible kernel in just 11 days, with AI doing almost all the coding
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The big picture: Writing an operating system kernel from scratch usually takes a team of seasoned engineers years of work. Gregory Kurtzer, who co-founded CentOS and later launched Rocky Linux, says he just built one in 11 days – mostly by having an AI agent write the code. Even without any Linux code underneath, his new kernel can already boot Rocky Linux 10. That said, it's still very much a research prototype.
Kurtzer unveiled the kernel, Ginux, on X last week. The code is on GitHub, too, under the Apache 2.0 license. As for the name, it blends Linux, GPT, and Greg. The README jokes that to keep its author's ego in check, the G officially stands for GPT.
Despite the name, Ginux isn't a fork of Linux. Everything from memory management...
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