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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.)
You speak like a drunk person, let's just clear that one up.
Second, we drink because it's fun. Why don't you drink? It's not about having to drink, it's about wanting to drink. It's not like we are out every single night getting plastered (speaking for myself) but every once and a while I personally like to get thoroughly plastered. There is nothing wrong with this so long as you don't engage in otherwise socically irresponsble behaviors (IE driving drunk). Drinking is not the cause of such behaviors, for someone to drink and drive they must have an inherient character flaw that allows them to have such a reckless disregard for human life.
Ooops, forgot to edit the config file? AND removed your old kernel? No problem. GRUB will give you a command line where you can locate and boot off your new kernel. With lilo you'd have to go figure out where you stashed that rescue CD...
How am I supposed to fit a pithy, relevant quote into 120 characters?
Exactly. It was all marketing to compete with the celebration of Winter Solstice.
Remember, Religion is a business. It sells hope.
Well, I'm not sure what country you live in, but to deny belonging to it based simply on the actions of individuals that you have no control over is a little harsh. Part of dealing with reality, and in turn improving it, is laughing at it. By laughing at an absurd situation, you acknowledge that it is indeed absurd. Bringing the absurdity into focus you can then say, "ok, that's really lame, I *personally* and as an *individual* choose not to be like that."
It's the principal behind social commentary. It's also a tool in formal logic, called reduction to the absurd - showing how something is not logical by showing it's absurdity. We can all hold hands and pretend that this is a great world and that families never argue or bicker, or we can accept it as part of current reality and do what we can to fix it in our own lives. Personally, I choose the latter approach.
THAT is *my* country.
as a rule, store 2-3 extra bottles in the car when you visit a party, you can never be sure who will show up
Take a cab to the party please. I don't want to die on Christmas.
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
"GlÃgg" is of course "Glögg" in UTF-8 viewed as ISO-8859-1. It cracks me up to see how unable the Linux community (and Slashdot) is to cope with anything but ASCII and its immediate extensions.
It's not being released as often as it used to. Also, the kernel itself is getting bigger - the number of changes per megabyte of kernel source per release may well be staying the same.
I am trolling
Drinking alcohol is not wrong. Jesus first miracle turned water into very fine wine. Jesus drank wine the night of his birth. What is wrong is drinking to the point of losing control of your thinking ability. When you no longer act yourself.
Christmas is _not_ about the birth of the savior. It was a political move by a Catholic Pope centuries ago, to bring non-believers into watered-down, apostate christianity, thereby not only swelling church membership, but his coffers. Christmas never had anything to do with the Christ, but everything to do with hedonism.
I now leave you to your celebration of the Saturnalia.