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New Testing Version Of Linux 2.6

Posted by michael on from the crashy-crashy dept.

James A. A. Joyce writes "It's all up now at the kernel archives. Get the full 2.6.0-test2 or a patch, whichever suits you. We need to test those new kernels! Hop to it!"

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  1. Re:do you see that! by chihowa · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No kidding! I had just checked kernel.org minutes before this story was posted. I began the download before the story, only to see it drastically slow down halfway through. So I checked Slashdot, and here we are!

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  2. PowerPC? by SHEENmaster · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I use an Apple iBook2 as my primary desktop, with an x86 for a server/renderer. Is PowerPC/Sparc/etc support focused on early or late in the development cycle? Should I expect the file I'm downloading to compile, or collapse?

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  3. 2.6.0-test1 was really boring by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I decided to test 2.6.0-test1 on one of my primary servers. After building the kernel, I had to install the Debian module-init-tools package (required to manipulate kernel modules in 2.6) and edit /etc/modprobe.conf to alias what module to load for my ethernet cards and for the PS/2 mouse driver (the "mousedev" module). And then it just ran. It's been serving perens.com for days.

    I am also running it on my Vaio U-101 (a Pentium 4 600 sub-laptop that fits in a fanny-pack).

    Bruce

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  4. The AMD and Nvidia Issue (mem=nopentium) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This was fixed in 2.4.18, correct? Was this fix foward-ported to the development kernel so that I can safely boot without using mem=nopentium and have no fear of my X locking?

    Thank You

  5. Re:I just installed FreeBSD by rf0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Try Debian. A small install is around 96Mb and if you install a customer kernel should 200 Mb (Excluding source)

    Rus

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  6. Other replys obvious troll are morons, wrong too by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 5, Interesting

    USB mass storage is supported since late 2.2, as is the interesting "hotplug" interface.

    Plug in the camera, and it appears as a SCSI disk. If you have autofs turned on, it should "just work".

    With modern Gnome and KDE, it's as easy as plugging it in and double-clicking an icon that appears on your desktop.

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