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Linux 2.6.0 Kernel Released
thenextpresident writes "It's here! Just updated on kernel.org, the Linux 2.6.0 kernel has finally arrived! We've been waiting a long time for this, and it had been rumored it was going to be released tonight. Well, it's here indeed. Happy downloading." There's also a changelog online for this long-awaited update.
If you put a .0 kernel on your cluster at work, expect to lose your grants and your job.
my sig's at the bottom of the page.
The Changelog is only the changes from 2.6.0-test11 to 2.6.0, which isn't very illuminating at all.
Did I say that preempt would be working like clockwork?
No, if you install this kernel on anything but a test box, you're stoopid...You should wait till the minor releases are at least a month or 2 apart before you EVEN consider upgrading to a 2.6 kernel...or better yet, wait for Fedora Core 2 in April...
You do however have a point, I think. Microsoft has been mocked about their inflated version numbering scheme. Linux is doing just the opposite. The convention for software X.Y.Z is:
X - major release
Y - incremental release with additional features
Z - release featuring only bugfixes
Had Linux adopted that system we would not have had the pointless 2.6 vs. 3.0 discussion on when changes are "big enough".
Major releases equals major numbers, simple. It is not like we will be running out of numbers by using up a new major one every two years or so.
- El riesgo siempre vive - Private J. Vasquez
If both ide-cd and ide-scsi are used as a module, I don't see why you can't just load and unload the correct modules when you want to change modes.
But OTOH, why would you want to do that anyway? With ide-scsi, you can do everything you need to do with the drive, I don't see why you can't just use that mode all the time.