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Linux 2.6 Turns 1 Year Old

Posted by michael on from the rated-p-for-progress dept.

Paul Kucher writes "On December 17th, 2003, Linux 2.6 was released by Linus Torvalds, saying 'The beaver is out of detox.' This was a reference to the last pre-release of the 2.6 kernel, which was called Beaver in Detox. Although a stable release, the 2.6 kernel has added many new features in the past year due to the new development model. It will be interesting to see what else is in store for this kernel, and I imagine it will be years before it is in maintenance mode."

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  1. Still on 2.4 here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My USB doesn't work in 2.6, which is a shame as not only would I like to update my desktop system but it also means that I can't use any live CDs (like the Ubuntu ones I sent for) since my keyboard and mouse are USB, and so is my printer. :-(