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Kernel 2.4.26 Out
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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When are they going to start using bittorrent to start distributing these things?
I've just got to say, I think Marcello's done a great job on the 2.4 series. For having to be part political leader, part CS genious, and part referee he's not given many people a reason to complain.
Well... in the case of my servers - I would need up go to dump the debian/stable modutils in favour of the (I believe still debian/unstable) module loader for a 2.6 kernel (can't remember which it is, but I've done it a few times upgrading desktops). This of course requires upgrading a bunch of other dependant crap.
And then there's the 3rd-party drivers. RAID controllers, etc etc. Yes, I know 2.6 is supposed to possibly figure out drivers from older kernels, but do I really want to trust that? Some of these don't have 2.6 drivers. Hell, for some they 2.4 drivers were a recent thing... I had a machine which I called the vendor to specifically get a 2.4.xx driver for a multi-modem system since the box was still running 2.2 before a hardware upgrade.
Being at the latest-and-greatest is good if it provides a noticable benefit vs the drawbacks up grading. In this case, it doesn't.
You can't alter the site just because some windows-scumbags start liking it. Instead, you make it render really bad in IE and lock up windows so that they need to start using a proper OS.
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
I wouldn't say that 50% are "windows based". I'd say a good portion of the number just believe in using the best tool for the job. I personally have about 5 debian machines, but my desktop and laptop are Windows (w/ vmwared linux machines for when I really need it). So, the computer I post to slashdot on is "windows based", but I have more linux machines. It's simply because I use the best tool for the job, and linux kicks ass for what I use it for, but isn't quite up to snuff on the desktop yet. I'd bet a good portion of the people that post to slashdot and use windows on thier desktop feel the same way.
The reason for not upgrading is that the newer the kernel, the slower the PC. If it wasn't that 2.4 provides journaling fs, I'd probably still use 2.0.38 these days. Btw, now that 2.6 is out I'm really reconsidering FreeBSD.
If it's got a low amount of ram, having the new io scheduler would be quite nice. If you use a 486 as a mail server as I do, this can result in some benefit.
He who laughs last is stuck in a time dilation bubble.
They did:
2.6.5
2.6.4
Since slashdot is a major place to discuss and learn about linux, I think it's newsworthy because the kernel is the heart of linux. This is always the first place I hear about new kernels, plus the discussions usually tell what is new in it so I dont have to sift through the changelogs.