Slashdot reopened the endless Linus Torvald vs. Andy Tanenbaum debateabout microkernels and monolithic operating systems. This is asilly discussion akin to debating bicycles versus cars: both are ...

Real-time operating system kernels in embedded systems need to be configurable. Unfortunately many of today's commercial real-time kernels are monolithic. These optimized code packages are difficult ...

Disagreements exist about whether or not microkernels are good. It's easy to get the impression they're good because they were proposed as a refinement after monolithic kernels. Microkernels are ...

An operating system architecture for a particular platform that includes all OS functions such as the file system, virtual memory manager, application interprocess communication and drivers. Contrast ...

Researchers contend almost all Linux OS flaws could be mitigated to less-than-critical severity with an OS design based on a verified microkernel. In an exhaustive study of critical Linux ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>from apple's darwin page:<BR>Darwin uses a monolithic kernel based on FreeBSD 4.4 and the OSF/mk ...

One of the things that characterizes humanity is our ability to adapt quickly to external change - it's the key reason, for example, that humans aren't confined to one climatic zone on the planet. On ...