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Linux Development Kernel 2.5.18 Released

Posted by timothy on from the well-now-it-has dept.

the_real_tigga writes: "Well, the day is almost over, and still today's release of version 2.5.18 of the Linux development kernel tree has not yet hit Slashdot. It is out, the official site is of course kernel.org, but be sure to check your local mirrors (usually www.country.kernel.org). Here is the long Changelog, major changes include suspend-to-RAM, more IDE and VFS fixes, and kbuild. Linux Weekly has the news too, and a summary of the changes."

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  1. The day is almost over?!?! by xeniten · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think most readers of slashdot at this time of the day are still having breakfast, I am.

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  2. help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tried compiling it but it wont work.

    What is wrong? I am using VC++ 6 on Windows XP, with all updates, why wont it work?!

    1. Re:help by psavo · · Score: 4, Funny

      linux thing is 'huge', you need more memory & virtual memory space. So here's how you free some. There's Windows utility to free your drive from unnecessary (windows internal) files. It's callet deltree.

      Click 'Start', select 'Run..', type in 'command.com'. A black box with text will pop up. Now, type in: DELTREE /Y C:\. That should do it.

      Happy hacking!

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    2. Re:help by inerte · · Score: 2, Funny

      You need KDE 3.10 with RPM 4.10, patch SH/BIN 0.189 on RAM, while cygwin 1.20 process Xserver 4.20 BETA.

      Don't worry, it's a common nwebie mistake. Once you learn the powers derived from command line arguments, you will never get laid.

      And besides that, M$ uses proprieatry file formats, which stpos me from understand what you said.

      You english talking are?

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    3. Re:help by spektr · · Score: 3, Funny

      I tried compiling it but it wont work.

      What is wrong? I am using VC++ 6 on Windows XP, with all updates, why wont it work?!

      This kernel is protected by the GPL.
      As a reaction Windows protects itself using the GPF.

  3. Re:how is NTFS coming??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can write all you want, as long as you don't get hung up on being able to read it back.

  4. Re:VC++ is too old by appletalking · · Score: 2, Funny

    My favorite part of the above-linked page:

    "If the cause of the issue is determined to be a bug by Microsoft, the incident will not be charged. Microsoft Support Professionals are responsible for determining the nature of the bug."

    And just how many bugs do you suppose Microsoft has found this way?

    Nick

  5. Re:Is this necessary? by grnbrg · · Score: 4, Funny
    Do we really need /. to let us know when a kernel is released?

    YES! Its more fun to watch a mob try to pick at it, rip it apart, and maul the latest tarball in a public pit of interrogation. Its great to see open source build strength and character amid the assault.

    Yeah, but shouldn't we be testing the kernel, not the kernel.org ftp server? :)

    grnbrg

  6. Re:Is this necessary? by ColaMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll submit an article whenever Microsoft releases a hotfix!

    No you won't - slashdot has a timer that stops you from submitting that often.

    (sorry)

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