The Linux kernel is a free and open source,: 4  UNIX-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...

Linux (/ˈlɪnʊks/, LIN-uuks) is a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel...

This article documents the version history of the Linux kernel. Each major version – identified by the first two numbers of a release version – is designated...

Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has...

The Linux kernel provides multiple interfaces to user-space and kernel-mode code that are used for varying purposes and that have varying properties by...

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor...

Enterprise Linux 8.0, May 7, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-07), uses Linux kernel 4.18.0-80 8.1, November 5, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-11-05), uses Linux kernel 4.18...

/usr/kernel. When running a DEBUG kernel build the system actively attempts to unload modules. Linux does not provide a stable API or ABI for kernel modules...

following is an implementation of the Linux kernel final initialization in kernel_init(): static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused) { ... /* * We try...

computing, an oops is a serious but non-fatal error in the Linux kernel. An oops may precede a kernel panic, but it may also allow continued operation with...