The recent churn in the Linux world—Rust maintainer resignations, high-profile upstream disputes and filesystem governance fights—has breathed new life into a different conversation: developers who feel alienated by the Linux kernel’s culture and process do not necessarily have to fork Linux...
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When the average person hears the phrase "open-source operating system," the immediate association is almost always with Linux. Linux, after all, dominates the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) landscape—powering everything from IoT devices to cloud infrastructure. Yet a dive just beneath the...
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In a bold move that has sent ripples through the embedded operating system landscape, BlackBerry has announced that version 8 of its QNX microkernel real-time operating system (RTOS) is now available for free—provided it’s used for non-commercial purposes. This new development comes as...