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Linus Torvalds On Linux 2.6
ceebABC writes "Linus Torvalds talks about the upcoming Linux 2.6 kernel, in an interview with eWEEK. Linus discusses the scalability and memory management in the new kernel. They also have a story about what's supposed to be in Linux 3.0."
It will have the GPL, the best form of digital rights.
The difference between Canada and the USA is that in Canada healthcare is a right and gun ownership is a privilege.
I'll never forget my first boot into the 1.x series many, many years ago.
From that day on, I never looked at a computer the same way. Whenever friends would talk about the latest cool games or case modifications, I was never really interested; what truly grabbed my attention was exploring the depths of the Linux kernel and just learning, learning, learning.
The rest is, as they say, history. I've gained a lot from using Linux, moreso than any other person or thing that I've used so far in my short life. With that being said, I decided to donate, once again, to Linux and its related movements just as a simple "Thank You" for all the time and dedication that so many, like Linus, put into the Free/Open software movement.
Here are some quick donation links:
- FSF
- Mandrake
- KDE
- Apache
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I just scanned through the discussion...every comment is either a dumb joke (sorry, I don't think talking about "Linux 3.11" is very clevar) or flamebait/trolling.
What has happened to all of the serious users? Let's talk. I'm most interested in what the new kernel will be doing for next generation hardware (FireWire 2 and USB2, not to mention BlueTooth), the new VM, and improvements in latency a la the preemptible kernel patch.
Also, the 2.4 series kernels already have so many configuration options that compiling the right kernel often takes several attempts. Anyone know how 2.6/3.0 (they are the same, right?) is going to manage kernel config as the number of modules skyrockets? Has Linus considered moving away from a monolithic kernel, or should we all just switch to HURD?
Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
Every time I read a ZiffDavis [eweek] article, I am amazed that they so blatantly put a pro-Micro$oft/Anti-Linux spin on it.
For example, a recent article says CERT issued 29 alerts, 16 of which were for Linux/Open Source apps, and only 9 for M$'s bloated crashing system. It doesn't say that most of the alerts for Linux were for local vulnerabilities except for OpenSSH and Apache, and that most of the M$ alerts were for remote exploits like scripting vulnerabilities in IIS, Outlook, IExplore...
Makes ya wonder.
If not, then he must be seriously pissed (or seriuosly naive) since they have two kids. Although, if she wanted to, his wife could easily fend him off. She is a six time Finnish karate champion.
Will PCI modems support Linux? Will crappy hardware become better?
That is not a Linux issue. Neither cli nor X is a part of Linux. My distribution has been capable of booting directly into X for more than three years. But my computer has never done that, because I know how to use the command line. And to he who knows the command line it is the most powerfull user interface in existence.
He never requested GNU to be part of the name of Linux. He just requested that CDs containing 1% Linux and 60% GNU would at least have GNU in the name.
Work is being done in that area. I however don't know if kexec will make it for this version. I have previously been using kmonte, but it hasn't been developed since 2.2, and new kernels was changed in ways breaking kmonte for good.
Do you care about the security of your wireless mouse?
I really wish it were possible to get the CryptoAPI merged into the full kernel. I've been compiling kernels without problems since the 1.2 series, but CryptoAPI patches are more convoluted than any other patch series I've ever tried.
Ah, to live in a sane world, with sane governments...
And why should the Hurd be any better? Remember, it's just the kernel, like linux. GNU does the rest of the os for both systems. The desktop stuff is handled by *fill-in-your-favourite-X-session-manager* which will act the same and suck on both systems - sorry to say - I'm down to using sawfish without the gnome-session stuff and am seriously considering relaunching fvwm2... btw: any cool new lightweight window-managers out there?