Linux Development Kernel 2.5.18 Released

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."

Comments

help

[Anonymous Coward]

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?!

Re:help

[psavo]

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!

Re:help

[spektr]

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.

Re:how is NTFS coming???

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Is this necessary?

[grnbrg]

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

Re:Is this necessary?

[ColaMan]

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)