(Minix is a POSIX-compliant, UNIX-like operating system that saw its first release in 1987.) That project eventually gave birth to what would come to be known as the Linux kernel.

[Andreas] has created this tutorial on real-time (RT) tasks in Linux. At first blush that sounds like a rather dry topic, but [Andreas] makes things interesting by giving us some real-world demos u… ...

Which version of Java should you use in Linux? Learn how to easily switch between different versions with a tutorial from Jack Wallen.

Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic, The New Stack, and Linux New Media. He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source.

[Click on image for larger view.] Figure 2: Hyper-V automatically downloads the Linux operating system. After several minutes, Hyper-V displays a message stating that the VM has been created.