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2.5.4 Kernel Out

Posted by timothy on from the just-when-you-thought-etc-etc dept.

Saint Aardvark writes: "Just in time for my 30th birthday, the new kernel is out...how did he know? Thanks, Linus! Change log here. I usually stick to stable stuff, but I think I'll try this for fun." Reader Scooby Snacks writes: "Be sure to use the patches and pick from the fine list of mirrors."

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  1. Patchdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    2.6.0 released
    2.5.20 released
    2.5.19 released
    2.5.18 released
    2.5.17 released
    2.5.16 released
    2.5.15 released
    2.5.14 released
    2.5.13 released
    2.5.12 released
    2.5.11 released
    2.5.10 released
    2.5.9 released
    2.5.8 released
    2.5.7 released
    2.5.6 released
    2.5.5 released

    Expect all these articles on this site soon.
    Slashdot, news for "nerds", notifying you of minor changes to the penguin!

    1. Re:Patchdot by __aahlyu4518 · · Score: 3, Funny

      notifying you of minor changes to the penguin!


      Did he do something to his hair ? :-b

  2. Congratulations! by Foehg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good to see the patches, mirror list, and changelog linked to, not just the full kernel. We knew you could do it! Keep it up, guys!

  3. Designed? by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny
    use the Slash engine the way it's designed to work?

    The slash engine was designed? I thought it just sort of grew. Like a fungus.

    A'course, I haven't actually looked at it in a few years. The first release was traumatic.

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  4. Collective scream... by powerlinekid · · Score: 5, Funny

    7:58 - Slashdot post that new kernel is out

    7:59 - "Bleeding edge" kernel hackers start downloading it

    8:30 - download finally is over, start unpacking it

    8:35 - ooh and ah over new features in config

    8:40 - start compiling, so far so good

    8:55 - kernels done, reboot

    8:56 - system is as fast as ever and that leet hardware is now supported

    8:59 - file system gets fscked due to some small oversight

    9:00 - a large scream is heard through country

    9:10 - screaming stops

    9:20 - hacker finally remembers that its the 2nd #, not the 3rd that means the kernel is unstable

    9:30 - i laugh

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    1. Re:Collective scream... by powerlinekid · · Score: 3, Funny

      My girl is weird. Everytime I tell her I'm a dork, shes goes "No baby, you're a geek." The funny thing is, she couldn't tell the difference between a computer and a toaster oven (yet, she probably could compile a kernel... )

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