Basically it’s an operating system that uses a Linux kernel, the WINE compatibility layer for Windows applications, and the ...

However, SeL4 can be used, in theory, as a foundation for Linux and other Unix related operating systems. For example, it was briefly considered for use in Richard M. Stallman's still-born Gnu Hurd ...

Windows operating system comes with both Kernel and User modes, but not everyone knows the difference between both. In fact, most users have no idea these modes exist, but yet they’ve used them before ...

A fundamental overview of operating systems (OSes) with an emphasis on practice. Topics covered include: OS structure, OS models, OS abstractions, concurrency sources, concurrency challenges, ...

So here’s something I never thought I’d be writing: Microsoft’s newest operating system is Linux-based. Today the company introduced Azure Sphere, a new solution designed to bring better security of ...

Linus Torvalds has released the latest stable update to the Linux operating system kernel, version 2.4.13. It's the second kernel update to be released in quick succession. The quick pace of releases ...