If you don't know what the Linux desktop operating system is, or if you're new to it, Jack Wallen's quick explainer will get you up to speed. Linux. What is it? At one point in time it was a niche ...

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.

Decisions made years ago about which operating system to roll out can affect corporate security today. Of the big three in widespread use, one can credibly be called the most secure. Enterprises ...

Linux doesn't just run your servers and, via Android, your phones. It also runs your cars. Of course, no one has ever bought a car for its operating system. But Linux is already powering the ...

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 ...

Tired of Windows? Sick of paying big money for Macs? Want a better, more secure desktop? Give Linux a try. Read now Ubuntu is an important operating system on everything from telecom's 5G clouds to ...

If you have been for (or against) Rust in the Linux kernel, get ready for a Linux kernel module written in… Scratch. That’s right. Scratch, the MIT-developed language with blocks popular for teaching ...

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 ...

Real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux each bring their own advantages for embedded-systems designers. With an RTOS, designers can build deterministic multi-threaded applications with low memory ...