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Linux 2.6.0 Expected In Mid-December

Posted by timothy on from the send-more-penguins dept.

Ridgelift writes "CRN is reporting the release of Linux 2.6.0 in mid-December. 'Torvalds, Linux's lead developer and now an OSDL Fellow, and Linux kernel maintainer Andrew Morton this week released the test10 version of Linux 2.6 after a three-year development effort. A final test11 version is expected before they sign off on the production version next month.' Get ready for 'major scalability improvements, faster performance, enhanced support for embedded systems and, to a lesser extent,' a kernel that 'supplies desktop systems with better USB and FireWire support.'"

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  1. Re:Xmas by Libor+Vanek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't even think about getting it this year ;-) Have you ever seen such a large project on schedule? .)

  2. Not to nitpick, but by Space+cowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought this was all Linus' doing - in the LWN text, he says that Andrew is off for a couple of weeks so he may release a test11 before Andrew decides to take it on for release management...

    Simon

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  3. Re:Linux 2.6: I can only recommend it! by shani · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It depends on the production, doesn't it? I mean, if you have a machine that collates addresses and prints mailing labels, then you can run with the test kernel and if it gives you better performance and works, who cares if it's "only for testing"? What's the problem?

  4. Re:This isn't unexpected by EriDay · · Score: 3, Insightful
    In the last 12 years M$ has really only sold 3 kernels:
    • Win3.0, Win31, Win95, Win98, WinME all built on the DOS kernel.
    • Various versions of the WinNT kernel
    • Various versions of the XP kernel

    There has been some tweaking of the kernel for market positioning and bug fixes, but no other major architectual overhauls. Everything else has been modifications to the window manger which is the equivilent to a new KDE or Gnome version. Let's not forget that M$ is impoverished comared to Linux.
  5. Re:This isn't unexpected by ultranova · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's why we have distributions, which can up the minor and major numbers whenever they like, or call themselves whatever flashy names the marketing people come up with. For example, there's Red Hat Linux (was, at leat), Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Server (?) and so worth. A newbie is unlikely to know or care about the kernel version anyway...

    On the other hand, calling things by version number is much clearer for anyone who wants to upgrade/modify their system. If you had Linux ME and Linux XP, which one would be better ? On the other hand, if you have Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.6, the choice is pretty obvious.

    BTW. I just have to ask. What kind of IT director decides based on flashy names, and not comparison by technical merit ?

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  6. Dear moderators, by greppling · · Score: 4, Insightful
    why is it that always people get a +5 Informative when they post a bug report to slashdot instead of sending it to LKML? When Logitech wireless hypersonic ultra XZ763 keyboard isn't working, the responsible maintainer should be informed, but why post it here?

    Those who are interested in such reports should read LKML. Let's keep slashdot for posts of general interest.