Every operating system- whether it is Windows, Mac, Linux, or Android, has a core program called a Kernel which acts as the ‘boss’ for the whole system. It is the heart of the OS!

For example, Microsoft and Apple use different kernels for their desktop and mobile OS versions (Windows NT/Windows CE and OS X/iOS). Two of the reasons this is possible on Linux are that the kernel ...

The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like OS. It is one of the most complex & prominent examples of open source software.

Microsoft is developing a new security model built around a safer kernel architecture. To strengthen the security of its ...

For the last decade or so, I have heard much about the 'superior' BeOS. To this day, a successor lives on in 'Haiku'. Couldn't most of the feel of BeOS be ...

Want a truly secure operating system kernel? The Linux Foundation is partnering with Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, to roll out the seL4 microkernel.

The author points out that the original Linux kernel wasn’t much bigger (about 8,500 lines). The OS allows for paging, multitasking, a file system, and exception handling.