Linux 2.6 Kernel Stability Freeze

An anonymous reader writes "Linux Creator Linus Torvalds released the 2.6.0-test7 Linux development kernel today and declared a "stability freeze". It has been made quite clear that from this point only "strictly necessary stuff" will be accepted, clearing the way for an official 2.6.0 release sooner than later... possibly at the end of this month."

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ha ha ha

[rutledjw]

real funny, you insensitive clods!

You know what? My job (as if I had a choice to accept it) it so install this new kernel on IBM x445s and get the SOB working so we can get 16 CPUs and 64GB of RAM on a single machine (and we're planning on a farm of these - don't ask, it's a "unique" situation...). This is supposdly available only under RH Adv Server 3.0 (but not really)which uses "features" from the new 2.6 kernel.

Considering RH AS 3.0 isn't coming out until the 15th, this is going to be ugly. Ugly, as is become-a-drunk-and-heroin-addict ugly.

Playing with cutting/bleeding edge tech is one thing. Playing with bleeding edge tech on a deadline is quite another.

But as much as I bitch about it, it's still kinda cool...