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Slashdot reopened the endless Linus Torvald vs. Andy Tanenbaum debateabout microkernels and monolithic operating systems. This is asilly discussion akin to debating bicycles versus cars: both are ...

Disagreements exist about whether or not microkernels are good. It's easy to get the impression they're good because they were proposed as a refinement after monolithic kernels. Microkernels are ...

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 ...

A new and allegedly super secure microkernel was made open source today, a move that could have serious security implications across a number sensitive and increasingly connected fields. General ...

Real-time operating system kernels in embedded systems need to be configurable. Unfortunately many of today's commercial real-time kernels are monolithic. These optimized code packages are difficult ...

Chicago and Sydney, Australia, November 29, 2007 — Open Kernel Labs, a global provider of embedded systems software and virtualization technology, and part of the ARM® Connected Community, announces ...

Chromebooks built off of the AMD-based ‘Grunt’ reference board may be among the first capable of running Google’s Fuchsia operating system, based on a recently reported commit to the Chromium Gerrit.

A new global foundation will help Australia’s government scientific research organisation dramatically expand the reach of a mathematically-verified secure operating-system kernel for applications ...

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 ...