Kernel drivers are the bridge between the Linux operating system and the hardware components of a computer. They play a crucial role in managing and facilitating communication between the OS and ...

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Running Linux virtualized on Windows is set to speed up slightly, and so is running Windows apps on top of 64-bit Linux and ...

In a message posted to the Linux kernel mailing list yesterday, kernel contributor Greg Koah-Hartman announced that kernel developers will be providing free Linux driver development services for ...

Open-source company Novell relaunched its Linux driver programme on Thursday. The programme, which was originally launched in January, aims to co-ordinate Linux driver development to provide driver ...

Nvidia has updated its Linux driver lineup with the introduction of branch 590, and this release formally discontinues support for older Maxwell-, Pascal-, and Volta-based GPUs. As a result, a wide ...

The Linux community is planning to improve the position of the open source operating system by addressing one of the more vexing barriers slowing mainstream adoption: Linux-compatible device drivers.

Getting Linux driver support for various hardware is hard enough, but now the FSF (Free Software Foundation) wants to start banning proprietary drivers? Stephen Shankland wrote this story on the ...

In brief: AMD and Valve are working on an improved Linux CPU driver that improves the frequency scaling on Zen 2 processors. This should lend more credibility to Valve's claim that the Steam Deck can ...