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Linux 2.6 Kernel Stability Freeze

Posted by simoniker on from the os-musical-chairs dept.

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."

3 of 378 comments (clear)

  1. So what's cool about 2.6 by Alien+Conspiracy · · Score: 3, Troll

    I'm still on kernel 2.2 with debian/stable. My servers have been running 2 years without a reboot.

    Is there anything really cool in 2.6 to convince me to upgrade?

  2. Re:BSOD module by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't know, since BSODs are a thing of the 90s, and most Slashbots are stuck in the last decade as they use a BSOD as their only desperate attack against a Windows world that moved on four years ago.

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    "Sufferin' succotash."
  3. Re:BSOD module by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Cool, sounds precisely like a driver corruption issue you need to sort out.

    I won't even get into the hell that has been setting up X for the past ten years, no matter the distribution or video card.

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    "Sufferin' succotash."