Longtime programmer Jonathan Corbet tells the story of Linux and reveals what's made it successful over its three decades.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, finally met in person at a friendly dinner.

As mentioned above, Linux is really just the kernel of the operating system. In order to actually use it, there are layers that must be added to make it functional. The layers include things like: ...

IBM’s System/38 and AS/400 minicomputers had a relational database at the heart of the operating system and in fact the database was the only file system allowed on these machines from 1978 through ...

At the foundation of Linux is the kernel, which provides the core set of hardware drivers and functional services that enable an operating system. The Linux kernel was first released by developer ...

Kernel parameters serve as a bridge to the inner workings of the Linux operating system, offering a mechanism to tailor the system’s behavior to the user’s needs. Whether you're resolving specific ...

2nd course in the Advanced Embedded Linux Development .Instructor: Dan WalkesThis course provides an introduction to Kernel programming for the Linux operating system, and the development of Linux ...

Linux kernel customization is a journey of discovery, offering a deeper understanding of the operating system's inner workings and the satisfaction of crafting a tailored computing environment. While ...

The core software component of the Linux operating system is the kernel. Some of its roles include managing hardware interactions, virtualizing system resources, and enforcing security constraints. In ...

But the evolution to containers—and microservices and Kubernetes—was actually decades in the making, based on kernel primitives in the Linux operating system.