An operating system's kernel manages resources, handles system calls, governs hardware access, and controls processes. The Linux kernel was started as a way to overcome the licensing limitations of ...

Windows operating system comes with both Kernel and User modes, but not everyone knows the difference between both. In fact, most users have no idea these modes exist, but yet they’ve used them before ...

Want to know what's happening with Linux kernel development? Subscribe to the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Want to know what's what with the Linux kernel at a deep level, but without tracking every last ...

Linux system calls never change. What, never? Hardly ever. One of the fundamental principles of Linux kernel development is that user-space interfaces are set in stone. Once an API has been made ...

“wsl --update”: Microsoft provides a command (when run in an elevated PowerShell or Command Prompt) that can fetch newer ...

Security researchers at ARMO have uncovered a significant vulnerability in Linux runtime security tools that stems from the ...

Infrastructure used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system kernel was infected for two years, starting in 2009, by sophisticated malware that managed to get a hold of one of the ...

The latest version of the Linux kernel, Linux 5.13, introduces support for Apple's M1 system-on-chip and is now available as a release candidate. Apple M1 support was previously reported for Linux ...

Google’s Android November 2021 security updates plug 18 flaws in the framework and system components and 18 more in the kernel and vendor components. Among Google’s November Android security updates ...