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Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the compile-reboot-repeat dept.

J ROC writes "According to The Linux Kernel Archives kernel 2.6.8 is now out. It includes some fixes from 2.6.7. Happy upgrading." You may want to read this earlier story and think twice before upgrading.

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  1. FIRST FUD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You may want to upgrade now and think twice about reading this story.

  2. linux: is it good, or is it whack? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i've been considering open-sourcing my back end.

    would linux be good for this?

    thanks!

  3. Re:Dam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Allah's revenge, at least !

    Shame on Rica for keeping Bush in charge !
    Shame on the marines for carpetz bombing innocent religious people !
    Shame on /.ers for not being outside now :)

  4. Re:I'm waiting on SP2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Doesn't anybody else find it a little fishy that the state where George W. Bush's brother is governer, and where the theft of the 2000 election occurred, suddenly has hundreds of people reported "missing" and will be receiving billions of dollars in federal money - only three months before the election?

  5. Re:Dual Boot? by johannesg · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Although your answer is appreciated, it is not the answer people are looking for. Let me rephrase the question:

    I have a PC with five partitions. Two of these I use for Windows 2000. The other three are currently used for an AMD64 installation of Mandrake that doesn't have a working video card driver and is therefore almost useless to me. I'd like to install a new Linux there (in fact I need it badly), but I'm scared shitless that I may corrupt those Windows 2000 partitions and will have to spend a week rebuilding the damn thing, not to mention losing the stuff I forgot to backup. So, will any random modern distribution fuck up my Windows 2000? Or has that risk now been removed(1)? What do I need to look for in order to be able to determine this myself? See, that's the point. People are scared of losing existing partitions, and we need to know if that is going to happen or not. Whether it was caused by the kernel, the bootloader, or your uncle Vinny really isn't all that relevant.

    (1) I'm just talking about Linux here, what Windows 2000 does on its own is a completely separate subject...

  6. Re:Dam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One man's damage is another man's economic stimulus.

  7. Re:Logitech MX700 mouse by cs02rm0 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It doesn't function correctly - you move the mouse around and the cursor furiously flickers around the screen.

    Xorg, Slack current.

  8. Re:who gives a shit? by Cthefuture · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hi

    --
    The ratio of people to cake is too big
  9. Re:Logitech MX700 mouse by Svennig · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I think slashdot should reverse its decision not to allow people to post AND moderate.

    I really want the mod to explain why he decided that the parent was a Troll.

    Now this post? Flaimbait probably :p