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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"

5 of 43 comments (clear)

  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!

  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. 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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  4. 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!
  5. 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