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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. Having trouble with 2.4.17, should I get this? by knulleke · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, I'm still having trouble with 2.4.17 on my AMD. A couple of weeks ago it was suggested here that I should add "nopentium" to my boot parameters but after that the machine doesn't feel as fast anymore (can't understand why; it should not be noticable)

    Parsing the changelog, I don't see that many changes with potential enormous impact. Should I consider trying this version because many problems are straightened out or should I wait for a next "stable" 2.4.x?

    I did see something regarding AGP (which I believe to be the source of my problems, as they go away if I disable 3D support) Linus said something about a workaround for AGP problems until a real solution was found. Doesn't look very encouraging, but hey...

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  2. What's good about 2.5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    What's the big new stuff / benifits we can expect from 2.5 series???

  3. Thumbs up by serps · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not being anything remotely resembling a kernal hacker, it was great to see and compare some of the (proposed) changes between 2.4.x and the new 2.5 fork at the recent linux.conf.au. The speaker, Rusty Russell, took us through the netfilter and scheduler code (2.4.13 vs 2.5.3) and it was a real eye-opener. I don't claim to be a C wizard, but I can tell elegance when I see it, and some of the code overhauls certainly have that ring to them.

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  4. I'm interested ... by tyrius · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After seeing so many posts on the preemptible patch being including into Linus' tree, I would have thought that everyone would be dying to try the first dev release with it incoporated. Give it test drive and see if that is really a useful feature.
    Or does everyone here REALLY run Win XP ??

    1. Re:I'm interested ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      There's also wellworking preemptible patch for 2.4.xx kernels so no need to use 2.5.x stuff.

  5. Re:Werid day... by dramaley · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What are the 2.0 kernels still being developed for? I'm not trying to troll, i'm seriously curious. I run 2.4 on my workstations and 2.2 on my firewall (a system based around 2.4 isn't small enough to easily fit on a floppy). Could someone give an example of an application where a 2.0 kernel would be better than a 2.2 or a 2.4?

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