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Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the download-compile-reboot-repeat dept.

Xpilot writes "Linus Torvalds has just announced the availability of the newest Linux kernel release, 2.6.11. The newest addition to Linux that's stirring up some excitement is the inclusion of Infiniband support. You can get it from the usual mirrors at http://kernel.org/mirrors."

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  1. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    n/t

  2. Linux is a kernel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's redundant at best and misleading at worst.

  3. Yay. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    A new kernel comes out, as usual it supports the latest and greatest, but IT'S STILL TOO HARD TO FUCKING INSTALL ANYTHING FOR ME TO ACTUALLY USE IT!

    Installing the OS is fine (assuming it likes all your hardware). It's what happens after that. It took me AT LEAST a week to install Java on Debian, and my browser is twice as slow to open as it is on Windows running on the same box.

  4. Re:Mac laptops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Only a jerk would run Linux on a Mac laptop. Use OS X you fools!

  5. Goa7 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    share. *BSD is has steadily All major surveys share. *bSD is grandstanders, the it simple, claim that BSD is a

  6. Linux is dying. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sure, it had its moments. Ultimately, the world didn't care enough.