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Linux 2.6.15 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the another-go-at-the-perfect-penguin dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "Linux 2.6.15 has been released after two months and a week of development. You can check the comprehensible changelog (google cache) or grep the full changelog. There are some new features like shared subtrees, UDP fragmentation offload, PPP MPPE encryption (VPN), NTFS write support (except for creating files), PPC64 thermal improvements, support for the late-2005 powerbook series, SATA passthru support (neccesary for SMART), console rotation for fbcon, nf_conntrack subsystem, some scalability and performance improvements, and lots of other changes. As always, download it from www.kernel.org"

43 comments

  1. MPPE, at last by abigor · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, I thought some patent-encumbrance thing might have held it back, but apparently not. No more heinous mppe patches for me just so I can vpn into work. Excellent news!

    1. Re:MPPE, at last by NitsujTPU · · Score: 1

      You are so correct. Tracking down MPPE patches, and getting everything patched up was just a pain. Linux finally got to the point where I didn't have to do much patching to get everything running, and then I needed to VPN into my campus network. I've been waiting for this patch to be merged into the kernel since I started using it.

  2. NTFS-write by Elipsion · · Score: 1

    will it work this time? O.o

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    1. Re:NTFS-write by dougmc · · Score: 1
      will it work this time? O.o
      NTFS write support (except for creating files)
      Guess it depends on how you define `work', I guess. Certainly, this doesn't strike me as useful enough to stop using fat32 on systems where I need to access the same files in Windows and Linux.
    2. Re:NTFS-write by bersl2 · · Score: 2, Informative
      an Linux-NTFS wiki page:
      What is being worked upon (kernel)
      • Enlarging files. (expected on Linux 2.6.15)
      • Shrinking files. (expected on Linux 2.6.16+)


    3. Re:NTFS-write by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Certainly, this doesn't strike me as useful enough to stop using fat32 on systems where I need to access the same files in Windows and Linux.

      Try "Captive NTFS"

    4. Re:NTFS-write by dougmc · · Score: 1
      Try "Captive NTFS"
      I have. Worked fine, until it's under load, then things start going south. But that was a while ago, so maybe it's improved.

      Fortunately, I don't need to dual boot between the two very often and so it's not a very big deal for me.

  3. 8-| by vijaya_chandra · · Score: 1, Interesting

    From TF Changelog

    commit 88026842b0a760145aa71d69e74fbc9ec118ca44
    Author: Linus Torvalds
    Date: Mon Jan 2 19:21:10 2006 -0800
            Linux v2.6.15

            Hey, it's fifteen years today since I bought the machine that got Linux
            started. January 2nd is a good date.

    I guess(hope) this one's really not going to get into the kernel tree(into the Changelog included in the kernels src that is) or has it already?

    1. Re:8-| by physeter · · Score: 1

      Yes, it has already. Is that a problem?

    2. Re:8-| by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Hey, when you build your own OS, feel free to put whatever you want in your changelog.

    3. Re:8-| by njchick · · Score: 1

      Commit 88026842b0a760145aa71d69e74fbc9ec118ca44 only modifies EXTRAVERSION in Makefile.

    4. Re:8-| by dolphinling · · Score: 1

      Clarifying, that "fifteen years" note is the commit log note for that checkin. It's not a part of the code.

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  4. WMF Support ? by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still no .wmf support ? When is Linux going to be ready for the desktop ?

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    1. Re:WMF Support ? by advocate_one · · Score: 1

      /me ha ha... V. funny... MOD parent UP...

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    2. Re:WMF Support ? by wed128 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      You are an idiot.

    3. Re:WMF Support ? by swillden · · Score: 1

      Still no .wmf support ? When is Linux going to be ready for the desktop ?

      Already got it. I don't think it's bug-compatible, though.

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  5. No, it's the solution. by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What do you get when you multiply nine by six?" is the problem.

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    1. Re:No, it's the solution. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Can you explain this?

    2. Re:No, it's the solution. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      methinks it's a hitchhiker's reference.

    3. Re:No, it's the solution. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, that was 42.

    4. Re:No, it's the solution. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, and you obviously didn't read the series.

  6. The problem is with the WINE team. by jd · · Score: 2, Informative

    Despite years of trying, they just can't get the viruses to work properly.

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  7. Mirror mirror by anim8 · · Score: 2, Informative

    As always ... download it from a mirror

    http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/

    1. Re:Mirror mirror by Life700MB · · Score: 1


      Not only that, but as the kernel is under 50Mb, it can be cached using Coral Cache: 2.6.15.


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  8. SATA SMART Finally! by LinuxDon · · Score: 4, Interesting
    SATA passthru support (neccesary for SMART)
    I've been missing smart support for SATA for as long as it exists.
    It's a shame that SATA support has been developing so slow..
    This seems like a usefull kernel release!
    1. Re:SATA SMART Finally! by dtfinch · · Score: 1

      I can't wait to find out if any of my servers' hard disks are failing.

  9. In next Haloween document... by DrYak · · Score: 2, Funny

    From: Billga~1@ms.com
    To: steveb~1@ms.com
    Subject: This linux stuff people are talking about.

    Please see if you can reassign one of the 1,354 engineers from the Mac OS X virus development project to do a feasibility study on this other OS port of our 'WMF backdoor' feature for which our customer service has recieved requests from slashdot. Not sure what it would do, maybe a new market. Low priority.

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  10. Reiser4? by Anonymous+Cumshot · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know if/when reiser4 will be included into the mainline kernel? I recall reading a kerneltrap interview a while back with Andrew Morton, in which he basically said "sure, why not?" to including it into the next release..

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    1. Re:Reiser4? by bersl2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't know, why don't you ask this on LKML, right now?

      [runs for underground bunker]
      [turns on air raid siren]

    2. Re:Reiser4? by JFitzsimmons · · Score: 1

      Ahahahahahah. At this rate, pretty much never.

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    3. Re:Reiser4? by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's scheduled to be included at the same time as Duke Nukem Forever is released..

    4. Re:Reiser4? by dtfinch · · Score: 1

      January 29th will mark the 10th anniversary of Duke Nukem 3D. After that day comes and goes and nothing happens, I'll have to remember to visit some of the DNF message boards to make fun of them all for waiting this long.

  11. New Kernel, rebooting... by peterfa · · Score: 1

    Ack, Linux computers' uptimes can outlast their kernel versions!
    Well, at least now you can just switch kernels without rebooting the computer, thus preserving the uptime.

    1. Re:New Kernel, rebooting... by electrichamster · · Score: 1
      Well, at least now you can just switch kernels without rebooting the computer, thus preserving the uptime.
      I thought live kernel switching was deemed impractical a while back, am I missing something here??
    2. Re:New Kernel, rebooting... by BillyBlaze · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I think the technology is kexec. But all it really does is prevent the BIOS from doing its thing for a warm reboot, by simply loading the new kernel instead of resetting the system. I think all the running process still die. I don't know what effect it has on uptime, but it's still a reboot for all intents and purposes.

    3. Re:New Kernel, rebooting... by peterfa · · Score: 1

      Maybe so. I'm coming from seeing the kernel switching support in the config. I do not know if it being practical or not. I'm not that experienced yet.

  12. Loads of improvements... by dow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft will now delay Vista even longer while they incorporate many of these new ideas...

    Joking of course, they've already got most of this no doubt, as I'm sure they've been thrororghly testing the new Windows on 512 cpu SGI Altix systems, they must have thousands of developers working on it.

    Oh, I seen the fbcon rotate too. Now This may have practical uses, but would also be a fantastic one to execute on your friends system when he aint looking. Imagine coming back and your screens upside down... muhahaha

  13. But the meaning, however... by hackwrench · · Score: 1

    But what it means to the mice is anybody's guess.

    1. Re:But the meaning, however... by torpor · · Score: 1

      well i asked the mouse, and they said "its gods phone number, duh, just ask deep thought, you pathetic human.." ..

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    2. Re:But the meaning, however... by hackwrench · · Score: 1

      Well if you take that at face value, and not mutterings in another language that just happens to sound remarkably like English, they wouldn't have needed to build the Earth to find the question, now would they? Because they would know that what the question really was, was "What is God's phone number?" now wouldn't they?

    3. Re:But the meaning, however... by torpor · · Score: 1

      the earth was the telephone. to god.

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  14. NTFS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    NTFS write support (except for creating files)


    hmm... which means that if i create a home.tar.gz file in my NTFS partition, i should be able to save my documents to it each time i boot from a liveCD?
  15. But does it run Linux? by extremescholar · · Score: 0

    Sorry, I had to. I couldn't help myself.

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