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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fp by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 00:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic

fp?
Fiesty FP! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 00:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Two in a month, but I doubt it.
Re:*BSD is dying by Ubi_NL · 2004-02-04 00:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Isn't that just the beauty of open source:

The fact that it remains alive when there is only one single person on the whole world interested in continuing its development. If someone is interested in the 0.1 kernel, even when nobody has worked on it for years, all thats needs to be done is a download from kernel.org.

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Re:LINUX SUCKS by lewp · 2004-02-04 00:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm clicking on the link to meet the chick that thinks Tux is cute, but it just goes to some stupid website.

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That Ceren Ercen chick by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 00:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Is she single? Does anyone know?
Not Offtopic, +5 Interesting! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 01:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

except for GNAA members, i suppose
Re:linux.conf.au by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 01:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nah, she was the girl who answered Captain Kirk's phone.
Re:linux.conf.au by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 01:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

If you mean Uhura, she was dumb as a rock too.
Re:Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata by swv3752 · 2004-02-04 02:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I for one, welcome our new Disney Overlords. :-P

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YOU FAIL IT. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 02:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

too bad suckra.
Fedora by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 02:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Man oh man.. I sure pity you Debian and Dentoo people.

I'm on Fedora core, the first 2.6.x Linux OS, and I pity you guys still stuck on your 2.4 kernels. Man it must suck to have a 30% decrease on web/ftp/and bttorrent downloads.

Not to mention the entire premeptive stuff we get on Fedora that you cannot get on you're "GNU" systems.

Man oh man, I sure pity you guys!
LIKEWISE, YOU FAIL IT AS WELL by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 02:39 · Score: -1, Offtopic

now run on home and cry to momma.
Re:LINUX SUCKS by sik0fewl · 2004-02-04 02:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

. . . ever had a GF?

You're new here, aren't you?

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That's fascinating... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-04 02:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...too bad Oasis sucks fresh donkey turds.
Re:Inside info by visgoth · 2004-02-04 04:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

" Is our children safe?"
All your children are belong to us!

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Re:Use a mirror?? by AsparagusChallenge · 2004-02-04 10:07 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Personally I'd prefer 99+% of the downloaders using the patch. This time is about 2M, and sometimes is smaller. No use in downloading full sources every time, and 2M is not exactly what BT is designed to distribute. Still, for the few first timers who need the first "big" tarball it would be a good return to the bandwidth pool.