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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. Meanwhile... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Meanwhile, SP3 for Windows 2000 is released, implementing the new "Set Program Access and Defaults" feature. Unsurprisingly, Slashdot is silent.

  2. Great mirror advice! by wackybrit · · Score: 0, Troll
    If possible use a mirror.
    Someone should let Alan Cox know about that one!
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  3. I donno by twitter · · Score: 1, Troll
    Dump? Thanks for the letter from Linus telling me not to use something I never heard of.

    Let me try to be helpful. Combinations of tar find and grep work well for me.

    basic tar syntax:

    tar cvx archive_name.tar file_path_1 file_path_2 ... to create archive_name.tar with all files in path.

    tar xvf archive_name.tar to restore. the .tar is optional of course, but it helps me.

    useful tar options:

    -u, update to only add new or modified files.

    -G, old style incrimental

    -g, new style incrimental

    -z, gzip files

    Combined with find and grep and put into a chron job, this is a very powerful backup tool. For example something like:

    tar cvu archive.tar `find | grep patern`

    performed at regular intervals does a great job.

    Tell me about dump.

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  4. Modules? by evilviper · · Score: 1, Troll

    Great!!! I always love when a new kernel comes out so I can deal with a completely different set of modules having 'unresolved symbols' and being impossible to load/use.

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  5. Re:Does dump work yet by __aakpxi9117 · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's a solution for just about ALL Linux problems. It's simple, SWITCH TO *BSD.

    Tired of unstable untested kernels that crap out on you? Tired of NEEDING to reconfigure and recompiling a kernel every week? Sick of modules that for some reason never completely work right? Tired of incredibly and needlessly complex SysV startup scripts? Tired of having a needlessly complex and non-stateful firewall? Tired of working your damn ass off just to get a single stable system?

    Use BSD and all these problems will magically disappear.