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Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test8 Released

Posted by michael on from the closer-to-fine dept.

djcapelis writes "It's that time again. Latest release is hot off the presses in this final bit of stabilization before 2.6.0 is finally released. Changelog: here. Use mirrors if you're nice, but kernel.org has a nice little bandwidth readout on the front page so you can see how hard their servers are being hit if you don't feel like tracking one down. A few XFS changes from SGI in there as well if anyone is still worried on that topic. Watch for the MM patches when they come out. The FTP server seems to be snappier for some."

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  1. "Tracking down" mirrors? by Kourino · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oi, it's not that hard. www.XX.kernel.org or ftp.XX.kernel.org, where XX is your two-letter country code, like fr for France.

  2. Re:XFS by rf0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    They are a series of patches which aim to fix bugs and imporve interactive performace. Some people also feel that they can be more stable than the normal kernel

    Rgds

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  3. Re:XFS by lightcycle · · Score: 4, Informative

    As far as I understand, it's a bunch of mostly performance-heightening patches by Andrew Morton and others. I think they are omitted because they are too bleeding edge to put in mainstream (Yes, apparently too bleeding edge even for a development/test kernel). I tried them with test6 however, and to me it didn't seem any less stable than vanilla, but YMMV.

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  4. Good stuff by contrasutra · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've been running the 2.6 Test kernel (-mm patches usually) since -test5 and everything has been great.

    Multitasking really is a dream. I'm able to compile, listen to music, and surf the web without any slowdown. Im no developer though, so I think that the 2.6 will really help Home/Desktop users.

    Of course, home users will like improved multi media performance, but the coolest thing I saw was web page rendering. Web pages render twice as fast (for me) with the 2.6 kernel!! This is very noticable, and very enjoyable.

  5. Re:What Features are included? by MarcQuadra · · Score: 4, Informative

    I prefer the changelog, I just 'grep' it for things I'm interested in.

    http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLo g- 2.6.0-test8

    For a more 'friendly' summary check out:

    http://kernelnewbies.org/status/latest.html

    beware, it tends to run a few weeks behind schedule sometimes.

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  6. Re:nvidia video drivers :( by Plug · · Score: 3, Informative

    NVIDIA drivers on Linux 2.6

    Brought to you by Christian Zander, ex-NVIDIA intern.

  7. Re:What Features - the view from 2.4. by valdis · · Score: 3, Informative

    The -test8 changelog is only stuff since -test7. If you're coming from a 2.4 series kernel, the link you want is:

    http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5. tx t

    In particular, *NOTE THAT YOU NEED NEW 'modutils' PACKAGES*. Failure to update these will mean 'insmod' and friends *will not work*.