Hackernews posts about xv6

xv6 is a simple Unix-like teaching operating system designed to be easy to understand and implement, used as a pedagogical tool for learning computer systems and operating system design principles.

1. The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation (devblogs.microsoft.com)
   504 points by paulmooreparks 21 days ago | 173 comments
2. Porting the ThinkPad X61 to Coreboot (blog.aheymans.xyz)
   173 points by walterbell 28 days ago | 52 comments
3. Running DOS on Behringers DDX3216 with a DIY x86-Bios from Scratch (chrisdevblog.com)
   117 points by rasz 23 days ago | 33 comments
4. Januscape: Guest-to-Host Escape in KVM/x86 [CVE-2026-53359] (github.com)
   80 points by Imustaskforhelp about 9 hours ago | 26 comments
5. BareMetal RAM Dumper – Bare-metal x86 tool for Cold Boot Attack experiments (github.com)
   72 points by liffik 2 days ago | 44 comments
6. System call instrumentation on Linux/x86‑64 using memory‑indirect calls, part I (www.humprog.org)
   41 points by matt_d 20 days ago | 32 comments
7. One Line x86 Change to GCC Nets +12% Benchmark Win for Modern CPUs (www.phoronix.com)
   4 points by theanonymousone 12 days ago | discuss
8. Show HN: A 6KB x86-64 kernel for Firecracker microVMs (github.com)
   4 points by ianseyler 13 days ago | discuss
9. Fil-C Linux/x86_64 version 0.680 Latest (github.com)
   4 points by sibellavia 14 days ago | discuss
10. 2026 Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge Review: Solid Combo of Competence and Comfort (www.thedrive.com)
    4 points by PaulHoule 27 days ago | discuss
11. Fedora 45 Considering x86_64 Shadow Stack Usage by Default (www.phoronix.com)
    3 points by Bender 4 days ago | discuss
12. System call instrumentation on Linux/x86-64 using memory-indirect calls (www.humprog.org)
    3 points by SVI 15 days ago | discuss
13. Januscape: Guest-to-Host Escape in KVM/x86 (CVE-2026-53359) (openwall.com)
    2 points by aberoham about 8 hours ago | discuss
14. x86 AI Compute Extensions (Ace) Specification [pdf] (x86ecosystem.org)
    2 points by ksec 7 days ago | discuss
15. JEP Draft: Deprecate the macOS/X64 Port for Removal (openjdk.org)
    2 points by Tomte 10 days ago | discuss
16. Non-x86 servers reached $58.7B +107.6% YoY, 47.9% of total market revenue (www.idc.com)
    2 points by giuliomagnifico 14 days ago | discuss
17. x86 Hypervisors and Emulators: Architecture, Features, and Performance (deepresearch.ninja)
    2 points by scrapemaster 21 days ago | discuss
18. If a 9yo Nintendo Switch can run PC games,your handheld doesn't need to be x86 (www.xda-developers.com)
    2 points by Markoff 26 days ago | discuss
19. Canonical Experimenting With x86-64-v3 Packages For Ubuntu 26.10 (www.phoronix.com)
    2 points by mfiguiere 28 days ago | discuss
20. Show HN: Nucleus – A security-hardened, Nix-native container runtime (github.com)
    40 points by 0kenx 27 days ago | 13 comments
21. Show HN: CambiOS – a new Rust-based, sovereign identity, zero-trust OS (github.com)
    8 points by jasonricca 25 days ago | discuss
22. JNU, an Vibe Coded Operating System
    3 points by annoymousperson 28 days ago | discuss
23. I have an operating system kernel that I wrote myself; it's called ValiantCore
    2 points by finndev 8 days ago | 5 comments
24. JNU, a Vibe Coded Operating System
    2 points by annoymousperson 29 days ago | 2 comments
25. Show HN: Alpenglow, a Linux distribution that boots to login in 0.6s (github.com)
    2 points by undivisible 20 days ago | discuss
26. I have an operating system kernel that I wrote myself; it's called ValiantCore
    1 points by finndev 8 days ago | discuss
27. I Made a Vibe Coded Operating System
    1 points by annoymousperson 28 days ago | discuss
28. Emacs, how it all started for me (xvw.lol)
    157 points by nukifw 21 days ago | 78 comments
29. AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Specification (x86ecosystem.org)
    53 points by matt_d 19 days ago | 25 comments
30. Scrutari – forensic statistical analyzer for opaque firmware blobs (codeberg.org)
    3 points by xvilka 16 days ago | discuss