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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."
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
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