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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 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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  3. 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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