Python 3.13.5 lands as a timely, focused maintenance release. It patches critical regression bugs from 3.13.4, carries essential security updates, and preserves the enhancements introduced across ...
Although 6.15.4 is a stabilization patch, it reinforces trends and priorities in the kernel’s evolution. Network-first optimization: The emphasis on zero-copy receive, new TCP controls, and ...
In the summer of 2025, Denmark’s government put forward a major policy change in its digital infrastructure: moving away from ...
The most recent Valve survey shows that Steam’s Linux user share slipped slightly from May to June 2025, dropping from about ...
Looks simple enough; you would think there is not much overhead with only those two system calls. In reality, this couldn't be further from the truth. Behind those two calls, the data has been copied ...
John McCutchan and I had been working on inotify for about a year when it was finally merged into Linus' kernel tree and released with kernel version 2.6.13. Although a long struggle, the effort ...
Nowadays, high-performance server software (for example, the HTTP accelerator) in most cases runs on multicore machines. Modern hardware could provide 32, 64 or more CPU cores. In such highly ...
Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Software and hardware engineers who have to deal with byte and bit order issues know the process is like walking a maze. Though ...
Power management (PM) software is a crucial component in battery-powered systems, such as PDAs and laptops, because it helps conserve power when the system is inactive. As a simple example, power may ...
On Linux kernel programming mailing lists oriented toward new developers (see the on-line Resources), a number of common questions are asked. Almost every time one of these questions is asked, the ...
Embedded developers working on kernels or bare-metal programs often go through several development cycles. Each time the developer modifies the code, the code has to be compiled, the ELF (Executable ...