Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Linux 2.4.18 Released

Posted by michael on from the power-of-pure-penguins dept.

Kourino writes: "Marcelo announced the release of 2.4.18 a couple hours ago after 4 release candidates, but the tree marked 2.4.18 on kernel.org is missing the -rc4 patch that finally made the kernel releasable. Basically, what's marked as 2.4.18 is really -rc3, and what's marked as -rc4 is what should have become 2.4.18. According to Marcelo on #kernelnewbies, most users won't be affected, but people on SPARC systems should definitely grab 2.4.18-rc4. Your best bet is probably just to get 2.4.17 and patch to 2.4.18-rc4. Seems 2.4 is destined to be an "interesting" release branch ^_^; For the new release, head over to your favorite kernel.org mirror. (Marcelo will set things straight in 2.4.19-pre1.)"

5 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. Slow down Cowboy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They could have done it during the 20 second posting period.

  2. But you can't, really... by Lethyos · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If you must post to get self-validation, try making up a story or something.

    I'd agree with you if the editors didn't reject every damn story submitted. Lots of interesting stuff gets let go, but editors ALWAYS seem to make sure that a patch level kernel release gets posted. It's silliness. The editors here are just too pigheaded for users to submit interesting stories and get them known. Disagree? Stupid crap like this Linux-newbie question gets posted while intelligent topics get thrown out.

    The only option is to whine about the stories that do get posted.

    --
    Why bother.
    1. Re:But you can't, really... by nomadic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      The thing that annoys me is that they don't even seem to read the stuff that I submit anymore. My last story submission was rejected in about 2 minutes (I was keeping track). What happened to all these hundreds of story submissions that they claim overwhelm them? Can't be that many if you have a 2 minute turnaround time...

      I could understand it if I constantly spammed them and they were just sick of dealing with me, but I average maybe a single story submission every 2 months or so. If they aren't even reading them, then just let me know so I won't even waste that 5 minutes every 2 months...

  3. Block anonymous Cowards? by dnoyeb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How can I block posts by anonymous Cowards??

  4. Re:what to expect now by psykocrime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What about:

    11 posts asking "Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?"

    --
    // TODO: Insert Cool Sig