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Kernel 2.5.3 Released
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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until a bug in the 2.5.2 series prevented me from using my swapspace. Everything else worked perfectly though. I'm back to 2.4 until sometime in the near future...
- This isn't the sig you're looking for. Move along, move along..
(italics just seemed whinier for some reason)
Not interested? DON'T CLICK ON THE FUCKING STORY AND DON'T POST TO THE FUCKING DISCUSSION. Get a life. Go outside and play.
I for one don't check kernel.org daily, I do want to know when the new patches come out, I do check /. daily - is the overwhelming sense of something logical and useful dawning on you yet?
sic transit gloria mundi
This is a very nice release. As you can see from the changelog the new ide drivers are finally in 2.5.x. Lets hope this will give Marcelo one more reason to include them in 2.4.x.
:-). But it has been said that Rik's VM brings the VM back to the -ac13 state.
The O(1) Scheduler from Ingo is also in here (version J9) at the moment.
All of these patches are also available for 2.4.x! Im running aa WM, scheduler O(1) and the new ide patches right now and have been for more than a wekk without any problems whatsoever. Also for those of you that want to try riks VM there's also a patch for that.
Anyway those patches are only for those of you adventoures like me
I agree that Slashdot sometimes reports on certain software that lots of people consider important, even point releases of things like KOffice.
However, I don't remember ever seeing news posts about Linux 2.3, the previous unstable branch (I checked the archive and apparently there were just two). So why are things different now with 2.5?
It's about time the Google implemented a system to automatically mirror or cache every page linked to on Slashdot (as soon as the link appears) so we have some place to go when the original site gets slashdotted.
Give me my freedom, and I'll take care of my own security, thank you.
You can either get 2.4.17, add the 2.4.18pre3 and Alan Cox's 2.4.18pre3-ac2 patch..
Or simply get 2.4.17 + Rik's latest rmap patch..
I done some very heavy testing for 36 hours keeping the processor runnning at %99 and all memory occupied while compiling KDE CVS (full), XFree CVS (full), and the kernel itself over and over..
It passed all without a single fail.
Hetz (Heunique)
I noticed on kernel.org that there are now listings for the 2.0.xx kernels (sorry if I'm behind the times, I don't check the site every day). Is anyone out there still using the 2.0.xx kernel (or earlier version)? If so, what are the reasons? Maybe a little off topic, but I think it would be interesting to see what's going on with older Linux versions and how they are being used.
Smeghead every day of the week.
Yeah, I know, everybody and their mother whines about, "Why does slashdot post new kernel announcements, wah, wah wah!" And I'm going to do the same, but hopefully I'm a litte more constructive.
What I'd like to see in these announcements is a description of what's changed. Not the changelists; I want the executive summary. Something like "New kernel 2.5.3 released; includes fixes for the FCI bus problems of 2.5.2, as well as the new virtual monitor support!" That would be immensely useful to those of us who don't want to install every kernel and keep track of every new feature, but do like to stay aware of the bigger trends.
P.S. There is no such thing as the FCI bus or virtual monitor support, as far as I know, it was just an example. But if you're smart enough to come up with the executive summary for this release, please, post it. This time and every time.
I agree with you on this. While a good many people are probably interested in the stable branch point releases (me included), the unstable branch is generally not going to interest as many people. Those who are interested can check up on the kernel.org site for changes.
Now having said that, I think Slashdot should continue posting stories on whatever they see fit, and if a story doesn't interest me (which definitely happens), then I'll ignore it.
That's the big problem with those proposing censorship in any situation. The decision on what an individual gets to see and experience should rest solely with that individual. I don't want people making decisions for me, because they know 'what's best for me'.
I'd rather see more uninteresting (to me) stories on Slashdot than less interesting ones. Of couse, my interests vary from the interests of others, so I should expect to see stories that aren't interesting to me.
People should have the maturity to realize that everybody else in the world does not always agree with them, and shouldn't be punished for not agreeing with them. Take what you want and leave the rest. Judging by the number of comments that each article on the front page gets, every article interests somebody.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a youtube comments section scrolling - forever.
OS X is very much UNIX. It just has a prettier face.