Fortnite’s absence from Linux has always been about anti-cheat, not technology. Epic now says it has a plan to fix that. Linux players will be able to play, but their PCs will have to prove they’re ...

Epic wants to work with developers and maintainers to find the best solution to making anti-cheat work seamlessly on Linux.

Epic Games is developing EAC Linux v2 to bring Fortnite to Linux, but the Anti-Cheat system is still being refined and has no ...

I did something recently I haven’t done in a long time: I recompiled the Linux kernel. There was a time when this was a common occurrence. You might want a feature that the default kernel didn’t ...

The change came with Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10, released in July. With the move, Novell is aligning itself with the Free Software Foundation, which shuns proprietary software in general ...

Kernel modules are chunks of code that are loaded and unloaded into the kernel as needed, thus extending the functionality of the kernel without requiring a reboot. In fact, unless users inquire about ...

Blacklisting modules prevents them from being loaded and used, and it is sometimes an important step in keeping a system running properly. The Linux kernel is modular — composed of modules that work ...

Editor's Note: Linux remains an attractive option for embedded systems developers. In fact, industry surveys such as the Embedded Market Study by UBM (EDN's parent company) consistently show interest ...