An operating system's kernel manages resources, handles system calls, governs hardware access, and controls processes. The ...

allow the programmer to control the system's input/output devices. Entire books have been written specifically on Linux device drivers. In this chapter we attempt to distill this topic down to its ...

Developers have released the Linux kernel version 2.6.30, adding support for new file systems as well as performance improvements and new hardware drivers. The most prominent new features include ...

When you write programs in user space, the worst thing that can happen to your program is a core dump. Your program did something very wrong, so the operating system decided to give you all of its ...

An attempt by an unknown attacker to plant a Trojan virus in the Linux kernel has been blocked. On Wednesday, kernel developers discovered that a server hosting a copy of the Linux source code had ...

Torvalds thinks AI's best use may be to help get young developers excited about programming. Torvalds is pleased that AI has prompted Nvidia to become a significant contributor to the Linux kernel.

Linux kernel 3.17—part of the series codenamed “Shuffling Zombie Juror” (yes, really!)—is now out. This means great new features are coming to a Linux distribution near you, though the 3.17 kernel’s ...