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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. 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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  2. 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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