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Kernel 2.6.12 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the kernel-popping dept.

Mad Merlin writes "Linux kernel 2.6.12 has been released! Kerneltrap has a brief summary on it. The changelog is only partial however: 'The full ChangeLog ended up missing, because I only have the history from 2.6.12-rc2 in my git archives, but if you want to, you can puzzle it together by taking the 2.6.12 changelog and merging it with the -rc1 and -rc2 logs in the testing directory. The file that says ChangeLog-2.6.12 only contains the stuff from -rc2 onward.' As always you can find the changelog and the source at kernel.org"

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  1. One thing I'm a bit confused about... by Sheetrock · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When and why did they stop the system of releasing stable versions on the even minor releases (2.4.x, 2.6.x, etc.) and unstable/development versions on the odd minor releases (2.5.x, 2.7.x, etc.)?

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  2. Re:Linux+OpenSolaris by Arker · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does anyone think there will be anything benificial to linux to borrow from solaris now that the source is out, or does their license even allow this?

    Short answer: No, and no.

    Longer answer, while there are a few places Solaris still has an advantage, you can't just rip code out of one and stick it another. The structure of the code is quite different, so an implementation in one codebase just won't transfer to another cleanly.

    And two, the CDDL, besides being horridly written, is clearly and intentionally not GPL compatible, so even if you could transplant code like that technically, it wouldn't work legally.

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  3. Maybe? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Could this be part of the reason hardware manufacturers don't put a high priority for Linux drivers?

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  4. Poor Linus by RickPartin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sorry about being off-topic but I've been thinking, since Linus is a normal guy and not some super human CEO, he must go through a "family tech support guy" hell that only exists in only our darkest of nightmares. I pity him.