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USENIX
1996
13 years 9 months ago
1996
This paper evaluates the performance of three popular versions of the UNIX operating system on the x86 architecture: Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. We evaluate the systems using fre...
USENIX
2001
13 years 9 months ago
2001
Users frequently have to choose between functionality and security. When running popular Web browsers or email clients, they frequently find themselves turning off features such a...
APCSAC
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
In this paper, we discuss the architecture of a modular UNIX-compatible operating system, MINIX 3, that provides reliability beyond that of most other systems. With nearly the ent...
SIGOPS
2008
13 years 8 months ago
2008
This paper presents PipesFS, an I/O architecture for Linux 2.6 that increases I/O throughput and adds support for heterogeneous parallel processors by (1) collapsing many I/O inte...
AAAI
2000
13 years 9 months ago
2000
As every user has his own idiosyncrasies and preferences, an interface that is honed for one user may be problematic for another. To accommodate a diverse range of users, many com...