Before Linux, GNU was working on its own Mach-based Unix compatible OS. Now, in the footsteps of Debian 13, there is a new release.… Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 is the latest release of the other GNU ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers contend almost all Linux OS flaws could be mitigated to less-than-critical severity with an OS design based on a verified microkernel. In an exhaustive study of critical Linux ...

Rebuilding an operating system from zero is a wild bet.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...