The Linux kernel is the beating heart of every Linux installation. We look at where it came from, what its purpose is and why, without the kernel, there would be no Linux.

Spend enough time around Android and eventually you will come across the term, “the Linux kernel.” What is a kernel? Let’s find out!

Cheat deterrents like kernel drivers are raising legitimate privacy concerns. But it's not all bad news.

All code that runs in kernel mode shares a single virtual address space. This means that a kernel-mode driver is not isolated from other drivers and the operating system itself.

Another day, another vulnerability. Discovered by [Kevin Backhouse], CVE-2018-4407 is a particularly serious problem because it is present all throughout Apple’s product line, from the Macboo… ...

In this business solutions module find why a kernel upgrade is crucial when launching new devices or maintaining existing ones as older kernels may no longer support.

The 2.6 kernel has undergone major changes in the block device subsystem. Old functions, like block_read () and block_write (), and kernel structures, like blk_size and blksize_size, have been removed ...

The kernel this. The kernel that. People often refer to one operating system's kernel or another without truly knowing what it does or how it works or what it takes to make one. What does it take to ...

The recently released 4.18 Linux kernel has already moved up to 4.18.5. How soon it lands on your system or network depends a lot on which Linux distributions you use.

Now, it seems, Red Hat is releasing the source code for the kernel in one big tarball file, with all of the patches applied already.

Developing within the world of Linux isn't always smiles, sharing, and kumbaya. Jack Wallen weighs in on the recent "code of conduct" patch submitted to the Linux kernel.