Group criticizes closed source path The Linux kernel development community is emphasizing the need for open source device drivers, in a statement released Monday.

Microsoft, under CEO Satya Nadella, has said and done a lot to shed its image as a pariah of Linux and open-source software communities. With a Linux kernel for Windows 10, GitHub, a new Android ...

The Linux kernel plays a big role in device management The Android OS runs on a derivative of the Linux kernel, which acts as a low-level bridge between the device's hardware and software.

For future driver versions, Nvidia prefers its open source kernel driver. The community has problems with this and is working on alternatives.

Nvidia is still behind both Intel and AMD when it comes to open source GPU drivers—both companies maintain open source kernel and user space drivers, along with closed-source firmware. But this ...

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform ...

The LTP's primary goal is to provide a test suite to the Open Source community that helps to validate the reliability, robustness and stability of the Linux kernel. The suite tests kernel function and ...

All is changing with Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. Instead of emulating the Linux kernel APIs on the NT kernel, WSL 2 is going to run a full Linux kernel in a lightweight virtual machine. This ...

Linux kernel developers are banding together to insist open open modules and open drivers for the Linux kernel.

1992: Linux kernel moves to GNU GPL v2 Linux was initially released under a non-GPL copyright that restricted commercial distribution of the project.

Linux and open-source documentation is a mess: Here's the solution Simply telling someone to RTFM is not an answer when the manual is outdated, unreadable, or nonexistent.

As Linux looks to compete more and more on equal terms with proprietary operating systems such as Microsoft’s Windows, the open source software has to have equally rich support mechanisms in place.