Oracle has updated the kernel of its Linux distribution to take advantage of the latest Linux advances, the company announced Tuesday. It also previewed a number of new features, including a module ...

Linux kernel head Linus Torvalds has warned engineers against adding a module for the ZFS filesystem that was designed by Sun Microsystems – and now owned by Oracle – due to licensing issues. As ...

The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 for Oracle Linux also offers improved memory and resource management capabilities, Oracle said Tuesday, and the software is now optimized to be deployed as ...

Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has announced the release of the vendor's own Linux kernel, slamming its existing Linux partner Red Hat for being too slow to update the version traditionally used ...