Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart'

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Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart'

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 4, 2004 @12:46AM from the no-really-that's-the-name dept.

hatrisc writes "As of about 10:04 pm on February 3rd, Linux users can grab the official 2.6.2 kernel release from kernel.org. A lot of PPC fixes. Changelog is here." omniru writes "Linux kernel 2.6.2 aka 'Feisty Dunnart' released," and adds some possibly useful information "about Dunnarts, in case you've never heard of them before. Changes include ACPI, Bluetooth, USB, XFS and many more improvements and fixes." gowdy suggests eager downloaders use a mirror.

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Use a mirror?? by greppling · 2004-02-04 00:51 · Score: 4, Funny

Current bandwidth utilization 180.74 Mbit/s
Come on slashdot, you can do better than that!!!
1. Re:Use a mirror?? by The+One+KEA · 2004-02-04 00:56 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Indeed. I've seen kernel.org use 275Mbit/s of a 250Mbit/s connection ;-)
  
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2. Re:Use a mirror?? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 01:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Everyone is thinking far too small. Instead of downloading 2.6.2 they should all be rsync'ing the entire server. Think outside the box; PARADIGEM.
Now we know about RH's evil plans to destroy Linux by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2004-02-04 00:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Linux kernel 2.6.2 aka 'Feisty Dunnart' released," and adds some possibly useful information "about Dunnarts

So now Linux' mascot is a dunnart uh?

Well check out this picture from the link in the /. blurb: doesn't that look like a badly wounded rodent implacably attracted by a mentally deranged radioactive red hat?

Scary if you ask me ...

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Re:Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata by pubjames · 2004-02-04 00:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Damn, that is a cute little beast.

Better not show it to Disney's lawyers or they'll be suing it for copyright infringement.
Re:Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata by dreamchaser · 2004-02-04 00:56 · Score: 2, Funny

Disney is lobbying for the CCCA for just that reason. The 'Cute Critter Copyright Act' will put an end to all cuteness unless sanctioned by our new Disney Overlords!
Uh oh by beuges · 2004-02-04 00:56 · Score: 5, Funny

From the changelog:

[Bluetooth] Always use two ISOC URB's

This patch modifies the USB Bluetooth driver to use two ISOC URB's
per RX and TX transfer paths. This is needed for in time transfer
of SCO audio packets over HCI.

Linux is using SCO audio packets too??? Don't let them find out or they'll add it to their lawsuit :P
Re:Inside info by Aardpig · 2004-02-04 00:57 · Score: 3, Funny

2.6 Kernel was called 'Heathen Chemistry' along the core programmers before it was released.

Heathen Chemistry? Sounds like crystal meth to me. Will those pinko commie gay nazi 'free software' liberals stop at nothing in their maniacal quest to corrupt our children? Is our children safe?

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Re:linux.conf.au by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2004-02-04 00:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Looks like Linus's trip "down under" inspired this kernel release...

Good thing he didn't pick up the Crocodile Dundee, Steve Irwin, or a naked aborigena. But then, given the size of the Linux tarball these days, I think Ayers Rock would have been more appropriate than a 50 gram rodent ...

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Re:Useful upgrade information by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 01:01 · Score: 3, Funny

Thanks for the informative link. I checked it out, but unfortunately, as a Linux user, I do not appear to be eligible for upgrade pricing. And there is no way in FUCK I'm paying the price they're asking.

So I guess I'll be sticking with Linux a little longer. ;-)
Dunnart? by S.I.O. · 2004-02-04 01:07 · Score: 4, Funny

It looks like a small rat. Darl, please consider it as the new SCO mascot: it comes from Linux and can represent your business practices!
Re:LINUX SUCKS by PatrickThomson · 2004-02-04 01:17 · Score: 1, Funny

Sucking isn't necesarily a bad thing; ever had a GF?

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Re:Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata by joib · 2004-02-04 01:19 · Score: 4, Funny

Awwwwwww....

Yum! I'm sure they taste good! ;-)
Dammit... by Spacejock · 2004-02-04 01:22 · Score: 5, Funny

... I'm still compiling KDE 3.2.0

Simon

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Discount? by bazik · 2004-02-04 01:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Do I get a discount from SCO if I upgrade from a earlier Version?

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Thank by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 01:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Thank god they fixed this:

[SCTP] Remove the extra semicolon in sctp_cacc_skip_3_1().
it was REALLY slowing down the performance on my machine!
1. Re:Thank by archeopterix · 2004-02-04 04:20 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Thank god they fixed this:
  [SCTP] Remove the extra semicolon in sctp_cacc_skip_3_1().
  it was REALLY slowing down the performance on my machine!
  Greetings, fellow Gentoo user.
Looking for RPMS. by AltGrendel · 2004-02-04 01:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Anyone know a reliable source where I can get 2.6 kernel RPMS for RedHat 7.3? Rpmfind doesn't seem to have any of them yet.

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Re:Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata by LizardKing · 2004-02-04 01:31 · Score: 1, Funny

With lugholes that big they must go through a lot of ear buds.
Chris
Weird entry in the changelog spotted! by mandark1967 · 2004-02-04 01:44 · Score: 5, Funny

[Patch] Added SCO I.P. to Kernel so we would have a case.

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Re:Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata by inode_buddha · 2004-02-04 01:46 · Score: 1, Funny

I can just hear the DeadRat jokes now...

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Re:Google wack! by Sumocide · 2004-02-04 01:48 · Score: 1, Funny

[nitpick] No it's not, dunnart is not in Google's dictionary. Therefore it's not a valid whack.
Re:Useful upgrade information by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 02:00 · Score: 1, Funny

From the information on the page, it seems that this "OS" only seems to work on 8086 architectures. Is this some kind of joke?
Goooo! by FIGJAM · 2004-02-04 02:09 · Score: 4, Funny

I had images turned off when looking at the dunnart link, so i could read that it was a marsupial. When I enabled images, as it was coming through I saw a thumb but mistook it for a penis... and immediately thought of Richard Gere

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Oh... by asr_man · 2004-02-04 02:31 · Score: 4, Funny

For a moment I thought he had named the release in Darl's honor. But that would be "feisty dimwit"...
Re:Anything broken? Otherwise why upgrade? by Ianoo · 2004-02-04 03:13 · Score: 3, Funny

You can put comments in shell scripts?!
Re:It was gonna be 'Wallaby' by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 03:52 · Score: 1, Funny

No Stallman and quit asking.
Re:Anything broken? Otherwise why upgrade? by tntguy · 2004-02-04 04:55 · Score: 2, Funny

They're like these things here, except nobody pays attention to them.

Oh. Wait.
Don't forget to select ... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 05:47 · Score: 1, Funny

CONFIG_DDOS_SCO=y