Linux kernel 5.9 has arrived with plenty of performance boosting to intrigue data center admins. Jack Wallen highlights the improvements and shows how to install the mainline kernel.

Point release brings Cinnamon tweaks, shiny apps, and Ubuntu's Hardware Enablement stack The latest point release to the ...

AI tools can help Linux maintainers, but they can also cause chaos. Here's what needs to be addressed - fast - before things get out of control.

Linux Kernel 6.17 RC4 is released, featuring routine bug fixes and the significant shift of Bcachefs to an "externally ...

Linus Torvalds recently announced the release of third release candidate (RC3) for the upcoming Linux Kernel 6.17. Here's ...

Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel after decades of debate Now you can run your space laser or audio production without specialty patches.

Linus Torvalds officially announced the stable release of the Linux kernel 6.15 on May 25, 2025. Its arrival was delayed for a few hours, Torvalds said, "because of a last-minute bug report ...

In this its 40 th year of operating system life, some Unix stalwarts are trying to resurrect its past. That is they are taking on the unenviable and difficult job of restoring to its former glory ...

But because Linux was both a kernel and an operating system, coupled with the fact that the kernel was separated from the rest of the OS, it meant Linux could be used as more than a traditional ...

In Linux, this is called Kernel Page Table Isolation (KPTI). With the patches, the memory address is still split in two; it's just the kernel half is almost empty.