The following excerpt is from chapter 3, User-Level Memory Management, of Arnold Robbins’ book Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals, Prentice Hall PTR; (April 12, 2004), used with permission ...

The Linux kernel Out of Memory (OOM) killer is not usually invoked on desktop and server computers, because those environments contain sufficient resident memory and swap space, making the OOM ...

Linux kernel 6.17 is released with Intel Xe3 graphics, SmartMux support for AMD hybrid GPUs, Legion Go S drivers, SSD write ...

Linux 6.17-rc7 is out, and it's looking good. The latest release candidate is full of small, random changes across various ...

Linux novices often find virtual memory mysterious, but with a grasp of the fundamental concepts, it's easy to understand. With this knowledge, you can monitor your system's memory utilization using ...

As a programmer, I’m aware that I tend to make mistakes — and why not? Even programmers are human. Some errors are detected during code compilation, while others ...

Microsoft this month talked about how its latest Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 improvements can help with the management of Linux and Unix servers. Michael Kelley, a lead program manager for ...

The latest Linux kernel may not be the most exciting release, but it still comes with some notable improvements.

Richmond, Virginia: At the Linux Plumbers Conference, the invite-only meeting for the top Linux kernel developers, ByteDance Linux Kernel Engineer Cong Wang, proposed that we use artificial ...