I did something recently I haven’t done in a long time: I recompiled the Linux kernel. There was a time when this was a common occurrence. You might want a feature that the default kernel didn’t ...

Operating systems drive devices. Linux is driven by open-source imperatives. So, naturally, Linux's kernel developers have a problem with closed-source kernel modules. And, just as naturally, they've ...

The kernel community has never had a smooth relationship with the purveyors of proprietary kernel modules. Developers tend to strongly dislike those modules, which cannot be debugged or fixed by ...