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Linux kernel APIs and ABIs
The Linux kernel provides multiple interfaces to user-space and kernel-mode code. The interfaces can be classified as either application programming interface
Linux_kernel_interfaces
Feature of the Linux kernel that partitions kernel resources
Namespaces are a feature of the Linux kernel that partition kernel resources such that one set of processes sees one set of resources, while another set
Linux_namespaces
Linux kernel interface for cryptography
framework in the Linux kernel, for various parts of the kernel that deal with cryptography, such as IPsec and dm-crypt. It was introduced in kernel version 2
Linux_kernel_crypto_API
Linux kernel interface for storage devices
Computer programming portal Linux portal io_uring is a Linux kernel system call interface for storage device asynchronous I/O operations. It addresses
Io_uring
Free Unix-like operating system kernel
The Linux kernel is a free and open-source Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds
Linux_kernel
Software framework for audio
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a software framework and part of the Linux kernel that provides an application programming interface (API) for
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture
Family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel
Linux (/ˈlɪnʊks/ LIN-uuks) is a family of free and open-source software Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, which was first released
Linux
Version history of the Linux kernel
the major version carries no intrinsic meaning for the kernel, as Linux promises stable interfaces and behavior even when the major version changes. However
Linux_kernel_version_history
Book by Michael Kerrisk
portal Linux kernel interfaces Kerrisk, Michael (May 2013). "A goodbye note from Michael Kerrisk". lwn.net. Retrieved 2013-10-24. "Maintaining Linux man-pages"
The Linux Programming Interface
The_Linux_Programming_Interface
Performance analyzing tool in Linux
originally Performance Counters for Linux, PCL) is a performance analyzing tool in Linux, available from Linux kernel version 2.6.31 in 2009. Userspace
Perf_(Linux)
Abstraction layer for Linux kernel to show graphics on the system console
The framebuffer subsystem in the Linux kernel fbdev is used to show graphics on a computer monitor, typically on the system console. It was designed as
Linux_framebuffer
Resource limit method in Linux
cgroups (abbreviated from control groups) is a Linux kernel feature that limits, accounts for, and isolates the resource usage (CPU, memory, disk I/O,
Cgroups
Linux network interface manager
other Linux kernel interfaces (and a couple of other daemons) and provides a high-level interface for the configuration of the network interfaces to simplify
NetworkManager
Linux kernel interface for inter-process communication between processes
Unix-like operating systems, including its original incarnation as a Linux kernel interface, as well as in the form of a later implementation on FreeBSD. Similarly
Netlink
Virtualization module in the Linux kernel
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor
Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine
Playing video games on Linux-based operating systems
Linux-based operating systems can be used for playing video games. Because fewer games natively support the Linux kernel than Windows, various software
Video_games_and_Linux
Console of the Linux kernel
The Linux console is a system console internal to the Linux kernel. A system console is the device which receives all kernel messages and warnings and
Linux_console
Feature for a Linux environment in Windows
real Linux kernel – a managed virtual machine (via Hyper-V) that implements the full Linux kernel. As a result, WSL 2 is compatible with more Linux binaries
Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
for a detailed comparison. Linux distributions that have highly modified kernels—for example, real-time computing kernels—should be listed separately
Comparison of operating system kernels
Comparison_of_operating_system_kernels
Mailing list for Linux kernel development
The Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) is the main electronic mailing list for Linux kernel development, where the majority of the announcements, discussion
Linux_kernel_mailing_list
Arbiter on a node in a packet switching communication network
2013-09-07. "HTB Linux kernel network scheduler module". kernel.org. Retrieved 2013-09-07. "QFQ Linux kernel network scheduler module". kernel.org. Archived
Network_scheduler
Fedora OS release dates
Core 1 was based on Red Hat Linux 9. Some of the features in Fedora Core 1 included: Version 2.4.19 of the Linux kernel; Version 2.4 of the GNOME Desktop
Fedora_Linux_release_history
Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has
History_of_Linux
Subsystem of the Linux kernel
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) is a subsystem of the Linux kernel responsible for interfacing with GPUs of modern video cards. DRM exposes an API that
Direct_Rendering_Manager
Graphics card driver for Linux
continue to do so. As AMDgpu is part of the monolithic Linux kernel, it is shipped by most Linux distributions directly. The package suite / install script
AMDgpu_(Linux_kernel_module)
Linux distribution for wireless routers and embedded systems
the network scheduler of the Linux kernel, with many available queuing disciplines. CoDel has been backported to Kernel 3.3. This encapsulates Traffic
OpenWrt
Virtualisation software
call interface, which enables multiple virtual Linux kernel-based operating systems (known as guests) to run as an application within a normal Linux system
User-mode_Linux
Project for adding Rust language to Linux kernel
Rust for Linux is an ongoing project started in 2020 to add Rust as a programming language that can be used within the Linux kernel software, which has
Rust_for_Linux
Rolling release Linux distribution
Arch Linux (/ɑːrtʃ/) is an open source, rolling release Linux distribution. Arch Linux is kept up-to-date by regularly updating the individual pieces
Arch_Linux
Former standard for Linux distributions
The Linux Standard Base (LSB) was a joint project by several Linux distributions[which?] under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation to
Linux_Standard_Base
Software for the PlayStation 2
Linux. PS2 Linux is similar to Red Hat Linux 6, and has most of the features one might expect in a Red Hat Linux 6 system. The stock kernel is Linux 2
Linux_for_PlayStation_2
Core of a computer operating system
microkernel design. Some kernels, such as the Linux kernel, are both monolithic and modular, since they can insert and remove loadable kernel modules at runtime
Kernel_(operating_system)
Software for deploying containerized applications
virtualization facilities provided directly by the Linux kernel, in addition to using abstracted virtualization interfaces via libvirt, LXC and systemd-nspawn. Docker
Docker_(software)
Framework to support computer security models
Linux Security Modules (LSM) is a framework allowing the Linux kernel to support, without bias, a variety of computer security models. LSM is licensed
Linux_Security_Modules
Linux kernel security module
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a Linux kernel security module that provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies, including
SELinux
Operating system virtualization paradigm
isolation, and resource management mechanisms provided by the Linux kernel, notably Linux namespaces and cgroups. Although the word container most commonly
OS-level_virtualization
Filesystem in Unix-like operating systems
an interface to internal data structures about running processes in the kernel. In Linux, it can also be used to obtain information about the kernel and
Procfs
OS that runs entirely in kernel-mode
the kernel as loadable kernel modules. Most BSD kernels FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Linux kernel Android Tinfoil Hat Linux Other Unix/Unix-like kernels AIX
Monolithic_kernel
Independent distribution developed entirely by volunteers
Void Linux is an independent Linux distribution that uses the X Binary Package System (XBPS) package manager, which was designed and implemented from
Void_Linux
Device drivers for real-time video capture
into the 2.1.X development cycle of the Linux kernel. Retroactively being renamed to V4L1, it was dropped in kernel 2.6.38. V4L2 is the second version of
Video4Linux
Software interface for Unix-like systems
the FUSE module provides only a bridge to the actual kernel interfaces. FUSE is available for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD (as puffs), OpenSolaris, Minix
Filesystem_in_Userspace
Operating system distribution
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86-64
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux
Interface to device driver that appears in filesystem
system, in kernel space. Linux used to have a similar devfs implementation, but it was abandoned later, and then removed since version 2.6.17; Linux now primarily
Device_file
Free and open-source operating system for smartphones, based on Alpine Linux
that, the use of the Linux kernel from the device's original manufacturer is often necessary. The source code of the original kernel is often made available
Nura_(operating_system)
Linux kernel interface for input events
evdev (short for 'event device') is a generic input event interface in the Linux kernel and FreeBSD. It generalizes raw input events from device drivers
Evdev
Multi-stage initialisation process of operating system
a Linux kernel image, and execution of various startup scripts and daemons. Those are grouped into 4 steps: system startup, bootloader stage, kernel stage
Booting_process_of_Linux
1990s debate regarding the Linux kernel
Torvalds had a written debate over the Internet regarding the Linux kernel and kernel architecture in general. Tanenbaum, the creator of Minix, began
Tanenbaum–Torvalds_debate
Mid-weight family of operating systems
through 13.5, updates from the MX Linux repositories, and patches for all the latest "meme bugs" in the Linux kernel. MX-25.3 was released on September
MX_Linux
Technical specification for firmware architecture
32-bit - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree". Linux kernel mailing list. "Linux kernel 3.15, Section 1.3. EFI 64-bit kernels can be
UEFI
Operating system for mobile devices
for other devices, such as TVs), based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software. First released in 2008, Android is the
Android_(operating_system)
Device manager for the Linux kernel
udev (userspace /dev) is a device manager and a device API set for the Linux kernel. As the successor of devfsd and hotplug, udev primarily manages device
Udev
Optimized math routines developed by Intel
CPUs and Intel GPUs and is available for Windows and Linux operating systems. Intel oneAPI Math Kernel Library is not to be confused with the oneAPI Math
Math_Kernel_Library
Linux distribution
existing user base. By combining the Linux kernel with a BSD-derived userland and non-GNU core components, Chimera Linux provides an alternative leaner and
Chimera_Linux
Communications endpoint for exchanging data between processes
communication using message passing Netlink – Linux kernel interface for inter-process communication between processes "Linux Programmer's Manual (unix - sockets
Unix_domain_socket
Partition used by Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
UEFI application, a Linux kernel image with EFI Boot Stub enabled can be directly loaded and executed by a UEFI firmware. Such kernel images can still be
EFI_system_partition
OS-level virtualisation
security bugs. Only one kernel with small additional code-base compared to 2+ kernels and large interfaces between them. Rich Linux scheduling features such
Linux-VServer
Usage of Linux as operating system of choice
customized Linux kernel with a separate runtime environment and software stack compared to the vast majority of other Linux-based systems. Linux runs on
Linux_adoption
Period when a computer system is available
Each Unix-like system also has its own private interfaces for obtaining the system uptime. On Linux, several procfs files provide information on the
Uptime
Interface to data link layers on a Unix-like system
(PDF). bpf(4) – FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual – an example of conventional BPF bpfc, a Berkeley Packet Filter compiler, Linux BPF JIT disassembler (part
Berkeley_Packet_Filter
Keyboard commands for recovering a Linux machine
SysRq ("System Request") key is a key combination understood by the Linux kernel, which allows the user to perform various low-level commands regardless
Magic_SysRq_key
Free general-purpose operating system
GNU/Hurd is a flavor based on the Hurd kernel (which, in turn, runs on the GNU Mach microkernel), instead of the Linux kernel. Debian GNU/Hurd has been in development
Debian
Pseudo file system provided by the Linux kernel
by the Linux kernel that exports information about various kernel subsystems, hardware devices, and associated device drivers from the kernel's device
Sysfs
Linux distribution
GNU/Linux-libre is a Linux distribution for the i686 and x86-64 architectures, including the GNU operating system components and the Linux-libre kernel instead
Hyperbola_GNU/Linux-libre
GNU implementation of the standard C library
library. It provides a wrapper around the system calls of the Linux kernel and other kernels for application use. Despite its name, it now also directly
Glibc
Free software collection
with other kernels such as Linux or FreeBSD. A stable version (or variant) of GNU can be run by combining the GNU packages with the Linux kernel, making
GNU
Mode of operation in computer operating systems
runlevels and then by systemd states on most major distributions. After the Linux kernel has booted, the /sbin/init program reads the /etc/inittab file to determine
Runlevel
Lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS
main Linux kernel. The distribution aims to appeal to Linux beginners and Windows users, by trying to make the transition from Windows to Linux as smooth
Linux_Lite
Computer operating system
architecture. Most Linux distributions have a monolithic kernel, but MkLinux is distinguished by its architecture which adapted the Linux kernel to run as a
MkLinux
Interface to software defined in terms of in-process, machine code access
is present. For example, in GCC and LLVM, armv7-unknown-linux-musleabi, armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf both refer to GNU EABI with the musl C library
Application_binary_interface
Linux distribution by Oracle
Compatible Kernel (RHCK) – identical to the kernel shipped in RHEL Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) – based on newer mainline Linux kernel versions,
Oracle_Linux
Free and open-source VPN protocol
the Linux version of the software reached a stable production release and was incorporated into the Linux 5.6 kernel, and backported to earlier Linux kernels
WireGuard
List of software distributions using the Linux kernel
including Linux kernel Modules. SUSE's enterprise Linux products are all based on the codebase that comes out of the openSUSE project. Mandriva Linux is open-source
List_of_Linux_distributions
Software that manages computer hardware resources
UNIX systems, Linux distributions are composed of a kernel, system libraries, and system utilities. Linux has a graphical user interface (GUI) with a desktop
Operating_system
Printf-like function for the Linux kernel
printk is a printf-like function of the Linux kernel interface for formatting and writing kernel log entries. Since the C standard library (which contains
Printk
Implementation of C standard library for Linux operating system
is a C standard library intended for operating systems based on the Linux kernel, released under the MIT License. It was developed by Rich Felker to write
Musl
Application binary interface (ABI) of the Linux kernel
The x32 ABI is an application binary interface (ABI) and one of the interfaces of the Linux kernel. The x32 ABI provides 32-bit integers, long and pointers
X32_ABI
Distributed operating system
HarmonyOS NEXT both discards the common Unix-like Linux kernel and replaces the previous multiple-kernels system with its own bespoke HarmonyOS microkernel
HarmonyOS_5
Legal and public disputes between a software company and Linux vendors and users
the Linux kernel. On 6 March 2003, they announced that they were suing IBM for $1 billion, claiming that IBM transferred SCO trade secrets into Linux. That
SCO–Linux_disputes
Hardware component that connects a computer to a network
2014-05-08. "Physical Network Interface". Microsoft. "Predictable Network Interface Names". Freedesktop.org. Multi-queue network interfaces with SMP on Linux
Network_interface_controller
Operating system kernel designed as a replacement for Unix
replacement for the Unix kernel, and released as free software under the GNU General Public License. When the Linux kernel proved to be a viable solution
GNU_Hurd
Linux distribution
Container Linux (formerly CoreOS Linux) is a discontinued open-source lightweight operating system based on the Linux kernel and designed for providing
Container_Linux
Tool for compiling Linux source code
ncurses-based TUI for configuring the Linux kernel. It is one of five similar tools that can assist a user in configuring Linux before building, a necessary step
Menuconfig
Suite of system components for Linux
of Linux containers. Since version 205, systemd also offers ControlGroupInterface, which is an API to the Linux kernel cgroups. The Linux kernel cgroups
Systemd
Operating system by Google
Google. In contrast to Google's Linux-based operating systems such as ChromeOS and Android, Fuchsia is based on a custom kernel named Zircon. It publicly debuted
Fuchsia_(operating_system)
Way of using computer memory
2017-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-14. "Admin Guide README". Kernel.org git repositories. Linux Kernel Space Definition Entering User Mode at the Wayback Machine
User_space_and_kernel_space
Structure of the operating system
which resides within kernel space, mediates communication between environment and integral subsystems. The Executive interfaces, with all the user mode
Architecture_of_Windows_NT
Arch-based Linux distribution
CachyOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It incorporates a graphical user interface and a set of performance modifications by default in an
CachyOS
Web server
The TUX web server is an unmaintained in-kernel web server for Linux licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It was maintained by Ingo Molnár
TUX_web_server
Type of Linux installation
and BeagleBone. The book Hardened Linux From Scratch (HLFS) focuses on security enhancements such as hardened kernel patches, mandatory access control
Linux_from_Scratch
Virtual file system in the Linux kernel
Configfs is a RAM-based virtual file system provided by the 2.6 Linux kernel. Configfs appears similar to sysfs but they are in fact different and complementary
Configfs
Linux distribution
April 3rd, 2026, Artix Linux 2026.04 was published as the first official ISO release for 2026, which comes with Linux kernel 6.19.10, XLibre as the default
Artix_Linux
Linux distribution based on Arch Linux offering only free software
system components common to many Linux distributions and the Linux-libre kernel instead of the generic Linux kernel. Parabola is listed by the Free Software
Parabola_GNU/Linux-libre
Set of functions in the Linux kernel
In the Linux kernel, kernfs is a set of functions that contain the functionality required for creating the pseudo file systems used internally by various
Kernfs_(Linux)
Binary file format
binfmt_misc (Miscellaneous Binary Format) is a capability of the Linux kernel which allows arbitrary executable file formats to be recognized and passed
Binfmt_misc
Debian-based Linux distribution for penetration testing
uses Wayland. With version 2024.4 in December 2024, version 6.11 of the Linux kernel is introduced, official support for 32-bit images is dropped, and DSA
Kali_Linux
The basic components of the Linux family of operating systems, which are based on the Linux kernel, the GNU C Library, BusyBox or forks thereof like μClinux
List of Linux-supported computer architectures
List_of_Linux-supported_computer_architectures
Usage of Linux operating system on IBM mainframes
collection of patches and additions to the Linux 2.2.13 kernel on December 18, 1999, to start today's mainline Linux on IBM Z. Formal product announcements
Linux_on_IBM_Z
Linux distribution
December 1992. This alpha release contained the 0.98.1 version of the Linux kernel, the v11r5 version of the X Window System supporting up to 1024x768 with
Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X
Linux distribution
Mobian is a project to port the Debian Linux distribution running the mainline Linux kernel to smartphones and tablets. The project was announced in 2020
Mobian
RAM-based Linux file system
debugfs is a special file system available in the Linux kernel since version 2.6.10-rc3. It was written by Greg Kroah-Hartman. debugfs is a simple-to-use
Debugfs
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