Long ago, in the aftermath of the UNIX wars, three kernels emerged from the rubble: BSD, Linux, and Hurd. BSD, being UNIX, ...
One of the most notable features in Linux 7.0 is official support for Rust, after developers agreed to incorporate it as a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Microsoft is removing trust for kernel drivers that haven't been through the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP) in a bid to further secure the Windows kernel. The company is targeting ...
Microsoft is finally blocking a long-since retired program that it said led to “abuse and credential theft,” yet remained widely trusted for years. Beginning in April, Redmond will remove trust for ...