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Linux 2.6.15 Released
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"
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!
Hey, when you build your own OS, feel free to put whatever you want in your changelog.
Still no .wmf support ? When is Linux going to be ready for the desktop ?
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
"What do you get when you multiply nine by six?" is the problem.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Despite years of trying, they just can't get the viruses to work properly.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
As always ... download it from a mirror
http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/
It's a shame that SATA support has been developing so slow..
This seems like a usefull kernel release!
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.
"Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality." - [Tips: 1DrYakQDKCQ6y52z6QbnkxHXAocMZJE61o ]
I don't know, why don't you ask this on LKML, right now?
[runs for underground bunker]
[turns on air raid siren]
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
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.
It's scheduled to be included at the same time as Duke Nukem Forever is released..