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Kernel 2.4.26 Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the living-in-the-safety-zone dept.

StupidKatz writes "Fresh from the oven, the fine folks at kernel.org have released 2.4.26, filled with such yummy goodness as fixes for those damnable mmap() vulns, among other things. Remember to use your favorite mirror!"

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  1. Multicast RSync by jd · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Hey, reliable multicast would make the upgrades less painful for many millions.


    2.4.x is important, but why the quiet on 2.6.x releases? And when is the 2.7.x tree starting? Some new features were SLOW to be added last time - even Microsoft beat Linux on IGMPv3, and that's bad!


    Linux needs to be top of the heap (or stack) and to do that, development needs to be faster, with more features being added and less time spent on the politics.


    Remember, you can't debug a tic. But the tic can damn near kill any project it infests.


    Release Early, Release Often, Release Boldly. You don't move forwards by going back. And in this game, staying still is the same as going back.

    --
    It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
  2. Re:When by rokzy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    it is completely unreliable and shouldn't be used for anything important.