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Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test6 Released
lamont116 writes "The latest in the series of beta kernels was just released by the fine folks who have given us Linux. Enjoy!" The Changelog has a hefty 240K of miscellaneous changes... LWN has an overview of the updates.
Guide to service packs
Debian - Last years kernel, SP5, obolete and unsupported.
Linus - PLain kernel with no patches or fixes.
Mandrake - SP1 10% bugs fixed
Redhat - SP2 30% bugs fixed
Gentoo - SP3 50% bug fixed
BK - ??% bugs fixed.
376. Support for fifos has been temporarily been removed.
YOU FAIL IT!>/b>
The fact that you spent all this time on something that seems like a joke yet appears to be completely humorless, makes me think your life is a sham and you waste my air.
[PATCH] (Temporarily) remove support for FIFOs due to major bugs
Major bugs resulting from FIFO support:
1) Kernel panics happen often when writing large amounts of data through a FIFO.
2) File system corruption can occur when the above happens.
When these bugs are fixed, hopefully before the official 2.6.0 release, FIFO support will be readded.
I didn't use C, because contrary to popular belief, ASP and VB can go just as low level as C can, and the latest .NET VB compiler produces code that is more portable and faster than C.
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Furthermore, he found out that the 'x' in Linux was a tribute to the former Communist philosopher, Karl Marx, whose name also ends in 'x'.
Damn, thats a good troll..
LOL
Ts,ts,... Another desperate try to promote Linux. Folks, wait for 2.7, the one which is scheduled to be written by the kernels themselves. Linux takes time to make it like Windows. Ohhh, I miss those excellent days of the 0.0... version where guys were not sure where they would be ripping code from -ahhh.
If Linux 2.6 (or whatever they call it) deems any file as being executable just because of its flags -- executeable bit, etc. then it will continue to be a source of insecurity and will continue to lose out.
Two infinite things: your stupidity and mine. But I'm not sure about the latter. If my sig offends you, I'm sorry.
Microsoft themselves show that 2005 is the target date of Longhorn in a slide picture.
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That's not a release date. That's a target year. Complete difference.
First, can you prove there are "cool builds" that will have 100% of the suggested features in a shipping version of Longhorn?
Of course not, because I didn't say "100% of the suggested features in a shipping version of Longhorn." If there was a build like that, it'd be gold and they'd be selling it. You're putting words in my mouth.
Secondly, the history of Microsoft's software release stategy has been plainly made clear numerous times. Hype, Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, Buzzwords-o'-the-day, Gross Appropriation (oh sorry, I mean Innovation), and just downright unfullfilled expectations litter the computer timescape.
What does that have to do with this discussion? 2005 is the target year of Longhorn. It was originally late 2004 but has been pushed to 2005. That's it.
For a company that has been in the software business of well over 25 years, one would think that with their talk of innovation and "exciting new time-saving" features, we would all have an operating system on our machines that used voice controlled openGL hyper speed interfaces, smart enough to do your work for you while you browsed sites like slashdot.
Oh, stop. There have been plenty of time-saving features, from the taskbar (which everyone now rips off as though it's always been a standard OS feature) to the redesigned Start menu (I don't care what you might say, it saves time for me to not have to go to the desktop to get to My Computer or My Network Places), to much more. They have done a TON of innovation. For you to ignore that with some facetious comment that dismisses it all tells me you have some sort of chip on your shoulder, despite your claims about not wanting to "put down Microsoft."
Isn't the entire point of using a computer to save time and be more productive? This sadly is not the case today
That's the whole point of things like WinFS, the upcoming Aero interface, and so forth. Again, what is your point? Are you saying Longhorn won't be productive or save time? I'm confused as to what you're responding to.
I never mentioned or targetted developers in my original posting.
That wasn't the point. You were acting as though Longhorn is vaporware that is continuously pushed away year by year, when Microsoft is already unrolling the developer preview for companies to begin porting and compatibility testing. My point was that they're already on schedule and pushing full steam ahead.
I was focusing on the end user, Mr. Joe User, who up till now has been fed the party line from Microsoft that they know what is best for him, and why doesn't he just forget about this whole linux/schminux business anyways... I mean really, Microsoft knows best, right?
You're really sounding goofy. "Party line?" You are aware of the Linux community and its party line, aren't you? Again, I'm not sure what your point is here. I don't care about Microsoft marketing. There is nothing wrong with announcing the next version of your product as an improvement, which all versions of Windows have been except for ME. What does this have to do with Longhorn? You're just bitching about Microsoft now.
My original point was to point out that those working to provide a better alternative to windows have been given a fantastic gift, for free and without prompting, a gift of valuable time to help develop something that Mr. Joe User might be able to use in the next couple of years.
And my point was to crush that ill-informed assertation. Two years won't be long enough. The developer preview is already coming out. There is no "gift of valuable time" because Longhorn is already being pushed.
I never once made an assertion that Linux would be the be-all-and-end-all for the desktop. I just want to h
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Sorry couldn't resist that