In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license. The code consists of four drivers that are part of a technology called ...

The Linux Foundation's Greg Kroah-Hartman delivered a comprehensive talk this week on the current state and future challenges of Linux kernel security. Speaking at the Open Source Summit (OSS ...

Also: How to choose a Linux distro for your old PC CNET Linux developers had a code before, but the earlier "Code of Conflict," failed to make the kernel community a more civil group.As Greg Kroah ...

Kernel 6.16 may be the last with the new disk format The geek titans are clashing once again, and Linux supremo Linus ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Code submissions for inclusion in the Linux kernel will in future be accepted only from those who acknowledge the right to make a ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables the start of a Linux system and the use of Linux applications under Windows. Performance can also be improved with a new kernel.

Last year, at Linux Plumbers Conference 2018, Google announced its initial investigation into bringing the Android kernel closer to mainline Linux. This year it shared a bit more detail on its ...

Linux kernel 5.8 has been out for a bit of time now and has been hailed by Linus Torvalds as the biggest release yet. Although it might be the biggest release to date, it’s probably not the most ...

The move toward multi-platform ARM is just one way the 3.7 kernel will make it easier for Linux to be adopted for mobile. The 3.7 kernel will also add support for a number of new interface devices .

A local, race condition vulnerability in the af_packet implementation in Linux was patched this week. The bug allows a local attacker to execute code or crash a server.

And a number of “simple” string functions are defined in the file, include/linux/kernel.h: simple_strtoul, simple_strtol, simple_strtoull and simple_strtoll. So, if you need any type of string ...