Operating Systems News and Articles

The open source RISC-V processor architecture is poised to shake up the processor industry. Thanks to the Qemu emulator, you can get to know the RISC-V without waiting for affordable hardware.

If you don't speak fluent Ethernet, it sometimes helps to get a graphical view of what your network is doing. Skydive offers visual insights that could reveal complex error patterns.

Linux and the BOINC distributed computing platform help researchers fight the COVID-19 virus.

Andrew David Wong discusses the Qubes OS project's security-by-compartmentalization approach, including an endorsement from Edward Snowden.

Veteran Linux users and administrators are likely to have heard of the BSD family of operating systems. However, the BSDs remain a mystery to many in the Linux community. With the upcoming release of OpenBSD 7.0, it is time to throw some light on this little gem.

With its point-and-click installation, Redcore aims "to be to Gentoo what Manjaro is to Arch Linux."

You can boost productivity on an old laptop using xrandr to quickly and easily gain some extra screen real estate.