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Kernel 2.4.14 is out

Posted by chrisd on from the 14-and-counting dept.

MrSnivvel writes: "The new 2.4.14 kernel is out for the taking." It's in all the usual mirrors. Check out the ChangeLog and revel in the newness..

13 of 402 comments (clear)

  1. Last Linus 2.4 kernel by reynaert · · Score: 1, Funny

    Isn't this supposed to be the last Linus kernel in the 2.4 series?

  2. Changelog? by atrowe · · Score: 2, Funny
    Does anyone have a link to the changelog? I'm interested to see if they've fixed any of the bugs present in 2.4.11a and previous.

    I'd also be interested to know if they've fixed the Integer floating poing RAND bug that can occur on some older MMX Athlons. I've got a friend who has one of the affected processors, and he's been dying to upgrade, but can't because his tarball segfaults on compile.

    Also, what's the status of that TCP/IP stack optimization that Theo De Raadt has been working on? Has this been incorporated into the new kernel? I'm getting sick of compiling my winipcfg.dll file every time I install a new kernel. Hopefully the new winmodem streaming support will take care of this problem. It shouldn't have taken as long as it already has, considering DeRaadt switched from C to VisualBasic for his new code. Any info would be helpful...

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    -atrowe: Card-carrying Mensa member. I have no toleranse for stupidity.

    1. Re:Changelog? by ConsumedByTV · · Score: 1, Funny

      Here is the change log
      Ironicly for a mensa memember you could have at least read the summary that included the link. What is your offical IQ anyway?

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      "Not my manner of thinking but the manner of thinking of others has been the source of my unhappiness." - M
  3. Version niceness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The 2.4 kernel will be complete only when it reaches the "Version Niceness" factor, that is version 2.4.24.

    1. Re:Version niceness by grammar+fascist · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, I think you're missing the point. "Version Niceness" can't have seemingly arbitrary numbers in it - that's why Microsoft ditched their scheme after Windows 3.1.

      I think that 2.4.XP is a much nicer version number.

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      I got my Linux laptop at System76.
  4. release often by archen · · Score: 4, Funny

    you know, at the rate these updates are comming, they're going to run out of numbers, and they'll have to start calling them 'service packs'...

  5. freshmeat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is VA Linux / Research / Software / Panhandler trying to save domain registration fees by combining slashdot and freshmeat or something?

  6. What excitement! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd be more excited about Kernel Sanders doing the kernel releases!

  7. Re:That's nice, but its not really news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    wouldn't it have been nice if you did? or I did? :)

  8. Schweeeeeeet! But is there an .rpm? by green+pizza · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't find an RPM of 2.4.14 in any of the usual places. Anyone know where one is available? I had problems compiling 2.4.13 last time and had to wait for an RPM.
    I'd like to get this installed on the workstations and maybe some of the servers tomorrow morning.
    Thanks in advance!

  9. A kernel hacker's first language... by horza · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... is surely C, with English coming second?
    Anyway, if you can't decode a single transposition
    in an English sentence you will be pretty useless
    at debugging.

    Phillip.

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    Property for sale in Nice, France
  10. Re:New ./ feature idea by scumdamn · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe whiners should go in their own category so we could set out user prefs to not display their whining.

  11. Re:Useless point... by larien · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, there was the "sorry excuse for a kernel" 2.4.11 which was withdrawn due to the symlink bug. So you could argue that we are at number 14...:)