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.

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 ...

After Linux kernal support ended in January, OpenELA announced its commitment to providing a platform for developers to collaborate on the maintenance of the 4.14 Linux kernel. The OpenELA kernel-lts ...

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documentation is a mess: Here's the solution Simply telling someone to RTFM is not an answer when the manual is outdated, unreadable, or nonexistent.

Linux is more secure than most operating systems, but that doesn't mean it can take security for granted. So, Google and the Linux Foundation are funding a pair of top Linux kernel developers to ...

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

The newest Linux kernel, version 3.3, includes code from Google's Android project. That should help both Android and other Linux-based projects.

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

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.

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 ...