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What Will Be in Linux 2.7?

Realistic_Dragon writes "The first discussion has been sighted on the Linux kernel mailing list to put together a feature list of things that should go into Linux 2.7 - including hotplug CPU & Ram support, network transparent sound and improvements to Netfilter to bring it up to the the level of OpenBSD's Packet Filter. And all this before most of us have started to run 2.6.0-preX, or even a 2.6 series stable release happening. Perhaps if you have a (sensible) idea now would be a good time to voice it, otherwise you will have to wait for 2.9 to get it included."

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  1. DRM support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    so we can play all our favorite programs and games.

    1. Re:DRM support by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 4, Funny

      Bah, let's just go ahead and put Half-Life 2 in the kernel. It shouldn't be too hard now that the source is available. =)

    2. Re:DRM support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I already have two shift keys.

  2. Re:The better question... by Nick+Driver · · Score: 3, Funny

    What WON'T be in Linux 2.7?

    Uhh, you mean like any SCO code?

  3. Remove Request by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remove SCO from all future distributions. :^)

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    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
    1. Re:Remove Request by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Nah, just make all 2.7.x kernels ping SCO once in a while... Say a couple of times a minute. Oh, and add this feature to = 2.6.x...

  4. What Linux Needs by like_broken_records · · Score: 5, Funny

    What Linux needs is some fatal errors. How about a screen of one solid color that comes on to warn you that all your work for the past hour is gone. You have to remember that Linux is competing with windows. If you can't beat them Join them. p.

  5. Re:Hotplug CPU and RAM support? by RadioheadKid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nope, you just have to do it REALLY fast...

    And don't forget to lick all the Cheetos orange dust off your fingers before you start.

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    "Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos." -Homer Simpson
  6. BSP/IP support! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    BSP/IP - "Bitch Slap Protocol/Internet Protocol" support - for remotely Bitch Slapping stupid users. An idea whose time has come(tm).

    Oh yeah, and add more SCO(tm) code - adding Evil(tm) to MS Windows(tm) sure didn't hurt the bottomline at MS(tm)! :)

    Disclaimer: (tm), (r), and (c) wherever appropriate...

    Note: BSP/IP is defensively patented by FlyByNite Industries, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harkonnen Enterprises.

  7. A Web Browser...Definitely by peterdaly · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the name of keeping up with the leader of the industry, I think we should integrate Mozilla. A web browser is an integral part of a modern OS.

    -Pete

  8. If I prepare a specification for by rusty0101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Disipation of excess heat via copper clad water cooling through food preparation areas, and they implement it as a kernel flag for improved overclocking processor utilization, can we start to say "Yes, Linux does include the Kitchen Sink"?

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    You never know...
  9. Duh by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    What Will Be in Linux 2.7?

    Plenty of SCO's intellectual property, duh!

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    Trolling is a art,
  10. Re:Hotplug CPU and RAM support? by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny
    "CPU hotplug support is not designed for removing the processor from your single-CPU x86 box."

    I can't wait to see the kiddies show off that feature! "The new kernel has CPU hotplug support, here, watch... oh CRAP."

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  11. Re:My wish list by Quixadhal · · Score: 1, Funny
    • Blackjack
    • Hookers
    On second thought, skip the blackjack.

  12. Re:Nessisary Rewrites: SCSI, TTY by Corgha · · Score: 2, Funny
    the TTY code needs a rewrite -- "it's looking like to be hack."

    or, to quote Alan Cox (emphasis mine):
    The entire tty layer locking is terminally broken

    *rimshot* Thank you folks; Alan will be here all week! Remember to tip your waitress!
  13. Re:Time to add a VM? by smittyoneeach · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...two big challenges:
    1. ...
    2. ...
    3. ...
    <insert cheap shot here> or perhaps you expect the Spanish Inquisition?

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  14. Re:Hotplug CPU and RAM support? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It helps if you hit the "TURBO" button first, so you only have to do it MOSTLY REALLY FAST.

  15. Re:What I'd like to see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Please show me a system with better price/performance than the V440...

    Interestingly, you can go to penguincomputing.com and configure an Altus 4200 server to essentially the exact specs of the V440 (Quad Opteron 844 [1.8GHz], 4x36GB SCSI, 16GB RAM, 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 3-year on-site warranty, etc.), and the Linux box ends up with a price that's just a tad lower than the Sun.

    Technically, you must confess, I win :-)