Also in today’s open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews 4MLinux 21.0, and LinuxInsider reviews Ultimate Edition 5.4 Linux has made great strides over the years, advancing far beyond where it was when ...

Researchers contend almost all Linux OS flaws could be mitigated to less-than-critical severity with an OS design based on a verified microkernel. In an exhaustive study of critical Linux ...

Organizations are rapidly shifting from monolithic to microkernel architectures to strengthen system reliability and ease compliance in regulated industries. Edge computing trends and the rise of IoT ...

However, SeL4 can be used, in theory, as a foundation for Linux and other Unix related operating systems. For example, it was briefly considered for use in Richard M. Stallman's still-born Gnu Hurd ...

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An operating system architecture for a particular platform that includes all OS functions such as the file system, virtual memory manager, application interprocess communication and drivers. Contrast ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>from apple's darwin page:<BR>Darwin uses a monolithic kernel based on FreeBSD 4.4 and the OSF/mk ...

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Data61 has completed the proof of implementation correctness of the open-source seL4 microkernel for the RISC-V ...

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - August 13, 2009) - Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs), the leading global provider of embedded virtualization software for mobile phones and broadband Internet devices, today ...

A kernel is the central module, or "seed," of an operating system (OS). At boot, the kernel loads first into a protected area of the main memory (which cannot be overwritten), and remains there until ...

The Separation Kernel Hypervisor and Microkernel technologies have emerged as the leading contenders in hosting next-generation embedded safety and security critical compute platforms. Both ...