The Linux kernel is the beating heart of any Linux Operating System (OS), a formidable software layer that sits at the core of the computing experience, facilitating communication between hardware and ...

Linux and open source are also on track to become more secure in 2026, as the ecosystem simultaneously hardens the kernel, ...

Kernel drivers are the bridge between the Linux operating system and the hardware components of a computer. They play a crucial role in managing and facilitating communication between the OS and ...

It took its own sweet time -- over 20 years! -- but real-time Linux finally made it into the mainline Linux kernel. It's baked inside Linux kernel version 6.12. This is a major new release. Linux 6.12 ...

A Kernel Potato: Ubuntu is one of most popular Linux distributions available, it is a free and open source operating system based on Debian, and is used by both end users and enterprise ventures. It's ...

Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open ...

For the last decade or so, I have heard much about the 'superior' BeOS. To this day, a successor lives on in 'Haiku'. Couldn't most of the feel of BeOS be achieved with the proper Desktop Environment, ...

Stability, performance and adaptability are key attributes of Linux, which dominates cloud computing and supercomputing and is fundamental to IoT and containers. Now that 2024 has gotten off the ...

Before Linux, GNU was working on its own Mach-based Unix compatible OS. Now, in the footsteps of Debian 13, there is a new release.… Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 is the latest release of the other GNU ...

Top programmers are set to release a major update to Linux, version 2.6.0, a change that's expected to help carry the open-source operating system into new markets. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

The use of the Linux operating system is becoming more common throughout the IT industry. Many corporate IT departments are using Linux to complement existing Unix systems using special-purpose Linux ...