Stable Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Released

An anonymous reader writes "Offering it as 'something to play with over the holidays,' Linus Torvalds released the official 2.6.10 Linux kernel, which he named the 'Woozy Numbat.' KernelTrap offers the full details, noting that there have been minimal changes since the last release candidate, 2.6.10-rc3. Linus commented that with 2.6.10 released, now he could 'get into the Glögg for real' (a hot mulled wine with spices, red wine, port and brandy). As always, the latest Linux kernel can be downloaded from a kernel.org mirror." (Here are some recipes, too.)

Comments

A helpful holiday reminder...

[kngthdn]

Remember to put a piece of metal silverware into each of of your glasses before you pour your glögg in. If you forget, they'll all crack from the sudden heat.

And don't forget to rerun lilo afterwards. ; )

Friends don't let friends "make menuconfig" drunk.

Re:A helpful holiday reminder...

[TedCheshireAcad]

Friends don't let friends "make menuconfig" drunk.

This is why the linux kernel needs a breathalyzer driver.

Re:A helpful holiday reminder...

[theparanoidcynic]

Friends don't let friends "make menuconfig" drunk.

Oh word. Judging by previous experiences in (highly) inebriated system administration I may well spell "make menuconfig" as "rm -rf /". This, while funny at the time would make for a very . . . interesting hangover.

Re:A helpful holiday reminder...

[lgftsa]

/dev/bloodalcohol

Re:A helpful holiday reminder...

[Anonymous Coward]

echo 0.002 > /dev/bloodalcohol

better yet:

$ ssh user@otherbody -c "echo 0.002 > /dev/bloodalcohol"
$ ssh user@otherbody -c "cat /dev/bloodalcohol"
0.002
"hey man, you cant possibly drive home like that"

Re:A helpful holiday reminder...

[$!*_ForeignApes]

else the kernel would have to be installed in /booze/vmlinuz

Re:Glogg

[kovarg]

there is more to the holiday season than alcahol

Really? What?

Re:Glogg

[Anonymous Coward]

Without the alcahol(sic) how do you expect to have drunken holiday family fued? It's not christmas unless the ham gets shoved up someone's arse.

Safety tip

[lheal]

Don't forget to compile in the designated driver.

Warning: bad pun incoming

[LGagnon]

Well, this just goes to show Linux isn't 100% perfect: Even with all the great programs for Linux, even Linus sometimes needs to use WINE for something. :) /ducks fanboys and humorless mods

come upstairs and open your presents

[c01100011]

. . . .not now mom i am compiling my kernel . . . .

lucky me, since i do it the debian way i will be done before they finish the stocking stuffers. . .

Re:Glogg

[Frank T. Lofaro Jr.]

Linux kernel patches, of course.

Re:"which he named the 'Woozy Numbat.'"

[0racle]

I think he had already hit the GlÃgg pretty good when they named this one.

Wonderful!

[zerocool^]

It's a good thing I wasn't busy. The turkey can marinate for another 24 hours, should do it good.

~Wx
(merry fucking whatever, everyone!)

just in time for the festive season

[kzh]

and on the twelfth day of Christmas, Linus left for me... an upgrade for linux-2.60.10-rc3

Re:New year new kernel

[Anonymous Coward]

Abandon 2.4?! I'm still using 2.2 here with my Debian.

on the fiifth day of Christmas,

[Herr_Nightingale]

my internet gave to me
five spambot virii,
four porno graphics,
three smiley faces :)
two free-after-rebate sweaters,
an anti-spam robot
and an update to the source tree

Re:Make grub even easier to use

[jericho4.0]

Actually, I forgot

#make kernel_image --revision=1.0

This produces a package, including image,modules, lilo configuration, etc, in the /usr/src directory.

My apologies to the masses who, seeing how easy my previous example was, ditched windows/BSD/OSX, installed Debian, and got stuck at step 4.