The protection mechanisms that are present in the Windows kernel are rendered less effective inside of a virtual machine as opposed to a physical machine.
In tandem with the newer kernel, updated versions of the KDE and Xfce desktop environments also result in much broader hardware support than many veteran users will remember.
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Mr Torvalds released the first version of the Linux kernel in 1991, when he was a 21-year-old computer-science student at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
The contract builds on NSA's prior work in developing a set of new security controls for the Linux kernel and NAI Labs' prior work in developing a basic security policy configuration for these security controls and several additional kernel controls.
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After some investigation, the problem appeared to be in the Linux network file system (NFS) kernel, the piece of the operating system responsible for some basic server functions.
Many of the enhancements in this new kernel (version 2.4) make Linux more suitable for corporate use.
Raduchel: Our PJava (personal), EJava (embedded), which is a subset of P, and KJava (originally meant kernel) for use in the smallest devices, are all out in beta now.
Despite shakiness in the military coalition, there is now the kernel of an agreement on Iraq's political future.
The kernel also can be soaked in lye (wood ashes, traditionally) to make hominy, but this process takes several days, so it wasn't always an option.
The kernel of Churchill's interest in the humanities dates back to his teenage studies at the Harrow School, where he wrote for the school magazine.
While building Windows 8 and WP8, Microsoft ensured that they both share the same kernel and therefore inherit the same rich feature set that has made Windows a household name in the PC industry.
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In Chrome, the main part of the program, the kernel, is separated from the various rendering processes that draw the pages on the screen.
Firstly Canonical told the world that they are working on a mobile version of Ubuntu, which uses the Android kernel and could be on sale in 2014.
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That part of the kernel handles application crashes, reporting on where in memory they happened.
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The real lesson is: was there a kernel of truth in your boss' criticisms about your organizational skills or lack of leadership?
The penetration of mobile phones in the developing world has led to some very interesting examples of an upstart group harnessing a piece of technology in a new context a mash-up which can evolve the kernel of an idea, like citizen reporting during disasters, into a powerful mechanism for government transparency.
With energy, the kernel of truth is that worldwide supply and demand for oil is roughly in balance for the moment.
Evin O'Riordain, founder of The Kernel Brewery, even donated his old brewing kit to Partizan to help the company get started in 2012.
The old joke that the way to render an Italian speechless is to tie his hands together has a kernel of truth in it.
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Coverity's founders, four graduate students from Stanford University and their professor, recently grammar-checked the entire Linux 2.6.9 kernel operating system and found a respectably low 950 bugs in 5.5 million lines.
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