Modern technology builds on abstractions. Most application programmers today don’t know what a non-maskable interrupt is, nor should they have to. Even fewer understand register coloring or ...

One point in favor of the sprawling Linux ecosystem is its broad hardware support—the kernel officially supports everything from ’90s-era PC hardware to Arm-based Apple Silicon chips, thanks to ...

Guidelines backed by Linus Torvalds reveal how AI tools and AI-generated code can contribute to the Linux kernel, but with ...

The Linux kernel community’s adoption of new fuzzing tools marks another important step toward a more secure and resilient ...

One of the most notable features in Linux 7.0 is official support for Rust, after developers agreed to incorporate it as a ...

Natalie Vock, who works on Valve's Linux graphics stack and the RADV Vulkan driver, has developed a set of kernel patches and user-space tools to address ...

An independent contractor for Valve gave Linux a way to boost discrete GPU performance on budget cards with 8GB of memory or ...

Natalie Vock, a dev on Valve's Linux graphics driver team has introduced new fixes that optimize VRAM usage for games in ...

The best systems programming books focus on both theory and hands-on practice, making tough topics easier to grasp. They ...