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Linux v2.6 Begins Testing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the brace-for-destruction dept.

xose quotes Linus from the kernel list: "the naming should be familiar - it's the same deal as with 2.4.0. One difference is that while 2.4.0 took about 7 months from the pre1 to the final release, I hope (and believe) that we have fewer issues facing us in the current 2.6.0. But very obviously there are going to be a few test-releases before the real thing. The point of the test versions is to make more people realize that they need testing and get some straggling developers realizing that it's too late to worry about the next big feature. I'm hoping that Linux vendors will start offering the test kernels as installation alternatives, and do things like make upgrade internal machines, so that when the real 2.6.0 does happen, we're all set." You all know what to do ;) Update: 07/14 17:49 GMT by S : OverNeith writes "Joe Pranevich has done it again! He's written another summary document on what to expect in the new and upcoming 2.6 Kernel!"

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  1. How long... by Cackmobile · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    has it been since 2.5.0 and how long did that take. i am not that big of a linux user so have no idea.

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  2. I am a homosexual. (.au edition) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. it came soon by unclefungus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hmmm, didn't slashdot just post about 2.5.x coming out and 2.6.x would be a ways away?

  4. Yes, but freeBSD by Bijin+Ahandi+(Score4 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    has a O(n*log(n)^2) swapper. Nobody has ever though of this before. It will take at least linux 2.9.0 to implement that. The BSD developers are geniouses. This is why the 10 most stable servers of the internet (accoring to netcraft survey), run FreeBSD. All the other OSes crash while FreeBSD goes on.

    I saw this here, on slashdot the other day, and I thought I'd let you know. Consistency of information.

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    1. Re:Yes, but freeBSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Maybe that's why BSD is dying. If you still in Africa, then you should go get aids from some niggers, and then you can join the fate of your favorite os.

  5. Re:This is a big deal. by caluml · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Amazing - I already metamodded a mod on this comment. That's not much of a backlog, is it? :)

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  6. Good Journalistic Ethics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He's Egyptian, people! Check out that stunning journalistic disclosure statement at the bottom! Oh, wait, is that just his sig?

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