It took its own sweet time -- over 20 years! -- but real-time Linux finally made it into the mainline Linux kernel. It's baked inside Linux kernel version 6.12. This is a major new release. Linux 6.12 ...

Linus Torvalds released the next Linux kernel in the night from Sunday to Monday. As is so often the case, well over half of the changes in Linux 6.12 concern new, adapted and extended drivers. Around ...

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, officially incorporated ' PREEMPT_RT ', known as Real Time Linux, into the Linux kernel on September 20, 2024. Merge tag 'sched ...

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As is so often the case, a notable change in an upcoming Linux kernel is both historic and no big deal. What does this mean for desktop Linux? Not much. Beyond high-end audio production or replication ...

An RTOS is a specialized operating system designed to handle time-critical tasks with precision and reliability. Unlike general-purpose operating systems like Windows or macOS, an RTOS is built to ...

Intel's Linux kernel test robot has recently reported a 3888.9 per cent performance improvement in the mainline Linux kernel after Chipzilla geeks changed one line of code. The test robot highlighted ...

Although Linux runs almost every supercomputer, most of the web, the majority of smart phones, and a few writers’ ancient Macbooks, there’s one major weak point in the Linux world that will almost ...

What just happened? Linux has long been the versatile open-source workhorse behind everything from web servers to Android phones. A significant milestone now enables the penguin mascot to showcase its ...