Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) continues to evolve with the release of WSL 2 version 0.0.2. This update introduces a set of opt-in preview features designed to enhance performance and ...

An old joke is that Emacs is a text editor with an operating system included, given that its extensibility and customization often goes far beyond traditional text editors. Part of its well-earned ...

In particular, memory areas used as input and/or output are isolated from the rest of the kernel and surrounded by guard pages. Without arch hooks, this common base provides weak isolation. On ...

SteamOS 3.9 fixed the Linux frustrations I’m tired of and came closer to a perfect desktop than I've ever seen.

One developer has sought to find the most efficient monitor orientation for programming, but it's not horizontal or vertical. Aussie dev xssfox says the best monitor orientation is a diagonal tilt of ...

I just felt like putting a little query out there as to who on Ars was using User Mode Linux (if anyone), and what they were using it for. I know a bunch of people in #linux have linodes (which I have ...