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Linux 2.4.19 Released

Posted by michael on from the upgrade-and-sin-no-more dept.

Adrian Voinea writes "The latest stable Linux kernel (2.4.19) is out. The somewhat massive changelog has the details. The patch file is here and the full source is here. If possible use a mirror."

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  1. Re:bout time. by Atzanteol · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is a good thing! The 2.4 kernel went through some fast and furious releases. Now that it's officially "stable" (meaning there exists a development branch) it's good to have it slow down. Look at the most recent change log events. Mostly minor bug fixes.
    Kudos to Marcelo for having the patience to release a stable product!

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  2. Re:Does dump work yet by macshit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wonder when Linus will get tired of "tar"? After all, its about as standard as "dump" is in any UNIX distribution. Maybe some file buffer cache change will render tar unusable, and we'll be told to use say.. dd? Or maybe cat.

    Um, do you understand the difference between dump and tar?

    Tar (and cpio, etc.), works via the normal user filesystem interface, which is very stable and well-defined. Dump, on the other hand, looks at the underlying disk, and so is extremely sensitive to changes in the way the filesystem works. As a result, it's not very robust (though it can be speedy).

    Linus's advice is very good. Hopefully dump will just go away altogether; its time has gone.

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  3. Re:On a more serious note... by Gogo+Dodo · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I hate to say it, but the Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 release notes are much more clear than the ChangeLog. They might not tell you in great detail what was fixed, but at least you can understand it.

    Say unlike this item in the ChangeLog:
    [PATCH] Important Bluetooth fixes

    Uhhh... yeah... okay... they're important, but why?

  4. Re:If possible? by Chandon+Seldon · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Unrelated.

    Requesting that someone not speak because their stupidity offends me is far from censoring them.

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  5. Re:ChangeLog summary anywhere? by Martigan80 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What is so funny here is that people were bitching because there was not enough info, now they're bitching because it's too much. When will it end?

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  6. If candles are really not pro-union, then why wax? by castlan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of those 10 points, point 10 is the only significant "Question Every Business Should Ask About the GNU General Public License (GPL)".

    10. Do you have any existing obligations that might preclude your use of GPL software?

    The answer is NO, there is nothing precluding anybody from using GPL software once they have access to it. The deceptive answer immediatele switches the bait to the use of "GPL code", which implys a significantly different animal. In any case, there is nothing stopping you from using the code however you se fit. The only restriction involved is in who you give the GPL code/software to, and how you go about it. Not "Every Business" is in the business of distributing computer code.

    Every other Question is irrelevant with the context in which this treatise was presented.

    Oh, and I didn't notice any variant of the word "terror" in this thread.