I believe the best and worst thing about Linux is its hard distinction between kernel space and user space. Without that distinction, Linux never would have become the most leveraged operating system ...

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 ...

Napa Valley, CA: At an exclusive gathering at the Linux Collaboration Summit, some of the crème de la crème of Linux developers talked about what’s going on with the Linux kernel today. The panel ...

If you’ve ever wondered how much memory a process uses, you’ve probably used a form of task manager or system monitor. System monitors can be useful to identify resource hogs, but are often less ...

Linus Torvalds has kicked off yet another development cycle for the Linux kernel, announcing the release of 5.10-rc1, and this time with an historical twist. The new version of the kernel effectively ...

A recent Linux security hole allows local users to seize the power of root. We show the Linux bugs that came together to let it happen. Once all this has happened, control returns to vmsplice_to_pipe( ...

(1) The memory allocated to applications in a computer that uses an operating system such as macOS or Linux. Such operating systems keep their kernel in one area of memory (kernel space) with user ...

It’s been a tense few months for users of the BCacheFS filesystem, as amidst the occasional terse arguments and flowery ...

Linux kernel 5.15 is available, and it has something special for NTFS users Your email has been sent The latest Linux kernel has been released and it has plenty to offer users and admins alike. But ...