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Linux 2.6.0-test11 Kernel Released
An anonymous reader writes "Linus Torvalds has released his final 2.6.0-test kernel, calling it the 'Beaver In Detox'. Following this release, Linus says that 2.6 development will be led by Andrew Morton. The kernel's name refers in jest to the previous release, which Linus had named "Stoned Beaver". It contains a fix for the aic7xxx driver, proper error handling in do_fork(), some firewire fixes, and correction of a few skbuff leakage points. Download it from a kernel.org mirror."
Ok, that was going a bit far, but it would be nice if corporations respected Linus' right to "codename" his releases any damn way he pleases.
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I agree. Announcing minor and test versions is only news worthy to the people that are following progress closely, who are likely to know about it anyway. And those people that don't follow it closely are only interested in hearing about major changes since the last time they checked up on a project.
... get back to you roots. Show me stuff that matters.
For example, the launch of Windows 2000 didn't even make a story on Slashdot when it launched in February 2000 even though a development kernel release did. I realize a large portion of Slashdot doesn't use Windows, but it's still significant news for every nerd.
C'mon Slashdot
The reason that this made the front page is that it's the test release prior to the first "production" release of the 2.6 kernel which we have waited 2years + for. Seems only right that this should be on the homepage. Same as todays earlier story on FreeBSD 5.2.
The Romans didn't find algebra very challenging, because X was always 10
I think you need to reread the name:
Beaver In Detox
Now, let your mind slip a little bit further into the gutter, and I think you will see that he did name it what you said. It's just a little more thinly veiled.
I think his reason for making it vague was that SCO needs to have everything in the open to see things (think GPL code). By making it more vague, they are less likely to be in on the joke.
-- Fighting mediocrity one bad post at a time.
Unless one of the people working on the ACPI subsystem have your laptop, they have no way of knowing about the problem. So submit a bug report - if the fix is a one-liner, it might still go in.
Litigious bastards
OS X and Windows X whatever users should just deselect Linux related stories from their preferences. Thank you, the management.
*Right* .. since the Linux kernel is so piss poorly written thats why its the only threat to microsoft ....
I am running test10 with no problems at all, but yet, i go to use an 'official' release of any microsoft product and get nothing but security flaws, theres your 'formal QA proccess' at work for you.
I do agree that Linux needs to publish test releases, its the only way to iron out any problems. Its better than a handful of developers with closed source code, then what you get is Windows and consistent security flaws. To say its not done by professionals
or professional organizations( BTW Redhat, IBM and other big companys have contributed) is just ignorant.