The makers of systems programming language Rust are looking at how to adapt the language for use in the Linux kernel. Josh Triplett, a former Intel engineer and a lead of the Rust language team, says ...

The recently announced proposal to make the Rust programming language one of two main languages for the Linux kernel is getting a major boost thanks to Google and the Internet Security Research Group ...

There's more to safer systems languages than Rust If you're looking for a Unix-like, POSIX-compatible, real-time kernel, there's no shortage of projects trying to build one. Ironclad stands out for ...

The Linux Foundation has released the 2011 edition of its kernel development study. The report provides insight into the status of Linux kernel programming and the level of developer participation. It ...

Much of modern operating system functionality happens in and around the kernel. That’s a problem when you’re implementing monitoring and observability tools or adding low-level security tools because ...

Rust is the new hotness in programming languages because of how solid its memory protections are. Race conditions and memory ...

I've found myself having do some socket programming in the linux kernel. (yes, yes, I know: have I thought about user space? Yes, that's where I've prototyped my code. This is a research project that ...

There is gathering momentum around the idea of adding Rust to the Linux kernel. Why exactly is that a big deal, and what does this mean for the rest of us? The Linux kernel has been just C and ...

This engineering specialization provides students with the fundamentals of embedded operating systems including a working understanding of how to configure and deploy a Linux based Embedded System.

When you write programs in user space, the worst thing that can happen to your program is a core dump. Your program did something very wrong, so the operating system decided to give you all of its ...