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.)

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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...

[IO ERROR]

Switch to GRUB. No more annoying reinstalling your bootloader everytime you change your kernel. Just edit the configuration file and off you go.

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...

Re:A helpful holiday reminder...

[$!*_ForeignApes]

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

Glogg

[Ajmuller]

Somewhat OT but Glogg, or Mulled Wine, is absolutely wonderful at the holidays. I generally make about 40 bottles of it and give it out as gifts. It's very well recieved people love it as a gift (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). It also warms you up wonderfully when you come back from caroling or sleigh riding with the little ones.
A major component of Glogg is Aquavit, this year I had two extra bottles of Aquavit left over, one bottle got spiced with apples & cinnamon, the other, whole Pomogrante seeds and slices of orange. Both are absolutely fabulous. After letting them mull for a few weeks freeze them inside a block of ice, the ice will freeze around the bottle and but the Aquavit will stay liquid and freezing cold all through your holiday party.

First First Post, what a wonderful christmas present!

Re:Glogg

[kovarg]

there is more to the holiday season than alcahol

Really? What?

Re:Glogg

[LearnToSpell]

My granny wrote me a letter some years ago which I saved. No idea how much is true, but it sounds good. :-)

"It has none of the coma-inducing sweetness of mulled cider, let alone the melted ice cream overkill of eggnog. Instead, it combines the robustness of a serious wine with the headiness of a strong martini. It also goes surprisingly well with food, which is no small consideration on a Champagne recovery day."

Glogg varies. Traditionally the spiced wine is set afire and poured over sugar so that the granules melt into the punch, adding just enough sweetness to smooth the bitter edge.

TRADITIONAL GLOGG
Time: 40 minutes

1/4 cup raisins*
1 cup blanched whole almonds*
6 cardamom pods*
Pinch ground nutmeg*
6 cloves*
2 sticks cinnamon*
1 teaspoon dried ground orange peel*
(available where spices are sold)
1/3-inch piece fresh ginger*
1 bottle dry red wine
1 1/2 cups aquavit
5 ounces cube sugar

1. In a large stainless steel or other nonreactive saucepan, combine the *. Add the red wine, and allow to steep for 30 minutes. Add the aquavit and place over low heat until steaming, but do not boil.

2. Place the sugar cubes on a flameproof perforated ladle. Carefully light the glogg with a long match; low blue flames will dance on the surface (be careful of face, hair, and hands). Hold the ladle with the sugar over the pan, and use a second ladle to scoop up the burning glogg and pour it over the sugar. Continue until the sugar melts into the pan. Put out the fire by covering the pan with a lid. (If you do not wish to light the glogg, the sugar can be added to the pan with the spices, and stirred until dissolved.)

3. Serve glogg very warm in small cups with a few almonds and raisins in each.

Yield: 5 1/2 cups (10-12 servings).

HIGH-OCTANE GLOGG
Time: 10 minutes

1 quart aquavit
2 bottles inexpensive dry red wine
1 bottle ruby port
5 tablespoons sugar
4 cardamom pods
12 whole cloves
12 allspicberries
1 cinnamon stick
1 cup blanched, slivered almonds
1 cup golden raisins

Combine all ingredients but almonds and raisins in large enameled or stainless steel pot. Bring slowly to a simmer, stirring to dissolve sugar, and heat just until liquid starts to steam, about 10 minutes. To serve, place a couple of almonds and raisins each in small cups and ladle glogg over.

Yield: 1 gallon.

The first recipe was adapted from Jan Wickstrom, executive chef to the Swedish consul general. Remember that Wikings, as the word is pronounced in Norway (or Norge, as they spell it on their postal stamps), had a lot of practice drinking until the government put a clamp on all things alcoholic.

The word "berserk" is a Norwegian adjective, "berserker" is a Viking term, and Vikings were Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish. They went berserk in the summertime, too, when they tried to drink to get to sleep during the midsummer when there wasn't much nighttime. More Icelanders are alcoholics than any other nationality. Too far north. You don't hear about Laplanders being alcoholics, but that may be because they have only reindeer, and they keep moving about, and stills are too cumbersome to pack onto reindeer as the North People travel hither, thither, and yon.

Caution: Fire is dangerous in the hands of folks who have had a few slugs of glogg. Have a fire extinguisher ready or invite a fireman to the party. He'll know what to do in case of rash behavior.

Remember to say "Skol!" before your first sip. The glass is raised high as the wish is cried out. There's a long o in "Skol." It rhymes with "shoal." Glasses are not thrown against the fireplace. That's English.

Re:Glogg

[sp0rk173]

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.

Re:Glogg

[zakezuke]

JESUS WAS BORN IN MARCH! CHRISTMAS IS A PAGAN HOLIDAY!

It wouldn't shock me if Jesus was born in March. I believe I spoke of that when in Catholic School. I got hit by a ruler. Not only are dates near the winter solstice common among many cultures, I believe it was an excellent political move to celebrate the birth of Jesus on a holiday that was already in practice.

One of the benefits of the commercialization of Christmas is the fact that one of the important sermons of Jesus can be observed by all, "All men are brothers, love thy neighbor". You don't have to believe in Jesus or even Santa Claus to respect that one time a year many people wish the best for each other regardless. Truth is truth whether it's wrapped in dogma or a white fluffy beard. And perhaps if one day people can set aside their differences we will remember it's actually very nice.

And fuck, someone remind me of this tomorrow.

Re:Glogg

[Curtman]

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.

Re:Glogg

[jericho4.0]

Fuck off. I respect your beliefs, but your preachy atittude in this and other posts is really fucking anoying. I'm not celebrating the birth of your saviour, I'm having a glass of scotch and going to bed. I'm sorry that pisses you off, but you'll be a lot happier with the world if you can still see me as a 'good' person, rather than some heathen wallowing in booze.

Re: [OT] Glogg

[Mick Ohrberg]

Mmmm, glögg is the stuff dreams are made of. Loaded with sugar and spices. The alcohol free version is very good, and excellent at warming you up, as you're sitting around a bonfire in the sub arctic winter night (I was born and raised in northern Sweden). The alcohol version is more fun! And yes, glögg is reminiscent of glühwein.

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. . .

Working fine on my x86_64

[tomstdenis]

Just chiming in to say 2.6.10 works fine on my amd64 box [using tulip network, alsa/cmpci sound, nvidia video, reiserfs disk, have most I2C/I2O turned on, using NFS for network shares, etc...]. ;-)

Tom

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!)

Patch

[MikeCapone]

You can download just the patch to go from 2.6.9 to 2.6.10, y'know. On dialup that'll save you a lot of time, and that'll save Kernel.org some bandwidth (not that they are short on that).

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