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Kernel 2.5.3 Released

Posted by michael on from the we-don't-need-no-steenkin'-patches dept.

cybercyst writes: "You know the drill... Lets go hit those servers!" As usual, see kernel.org for the download or the changelog. Anyone using 2.5 for anything except testing?

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  1. Is it safe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I've been wanting to get into this Linux thing for a while, but I'm kinda confused. And nervous. What is a kernal and changelog? And how come everyone that uses it seems to hostile to a newbie asking questions? Also, how do you run it? I tried opening it with winzip and that didn't work.

    Adaware didn't call it (well, I downloaded something called from www.redhat.com but it didn't work) spyware or anything, but I know alot of freeware has spyware on it. Is linux like that? Also, is it REALLY free? Or is it one of those things where you will use it for 30 days and then it takes forever to come up when you click on its icon until you pay?

    1. Re:Is it safe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      YHBT YHL HAND oh, and also, YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON

  2. Re:Using it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    "...You can either get 2.4.17, add the 2.4.18pre3 and Alan Cox's 2.4.18pre3-ac2 patch..."

    And this illustrates perfectly why linux is a joke.

  3. Who the hell cares? by Pope+Slackman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why is a dev kernel revision being put on the front page?
    No "real" news to report?

    C-X C-S

  4. I'm using 2.5 for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Grab the next motherfucker marmaduke who refuses to submit to these pelvic ostentations.

    I've stumbled upon a brain fart which melts away your molds!

  5. Re:Waaah!!! it's a kernel patch Waaaahhh!!! by Naikrovek · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    you're a dweeb.

    if you want to know when the latest kernel patches come out, you don't watch the cartoon network to find out. YOU GO TO KERNEL.ORG. when you want to know the best and worst thing about america (that thing: everyone has a voice) you read slashdot, and when you want to know when the latest kernel patches are out, YOU READ KERNEL.ORG.

    i don't want to see anyone trying to justify slashdot "news" stories on development kernels, because you can't justify them. people who want to know this stuff, know to go to kernel.org to find out, and if you don't, then you're lazy.

  6. blow it out your a hole by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    linux kernals suck compared to excellent, sturdy windows

  7. Re:moderators shmoderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Shut up before I piss in your hair.