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Linux 2.6.17 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spit-shine dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "After almost three months, Linux 2.6.17 has been released. The changes include support for Sun Niagara CPUs, a new I/O mechanism called 'splice' which can improve the performance greatly for some applications, a scheduler domain optimized for multicore machines, driver for the widely used broadcom 43xx wifi chip (Apple's Airport Extreme and such), iptables support for the H.323 protocol, CCID2 support for DCCP, softmac layer for the wireless stack, block queue IO tracing, and many other changes listed at the changelog"

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  1. First by charles+ester · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    First.

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Why support Apple hardware? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Are they supporting Apple hardware to try to win a few of the fag crowd over? Or is it just some PC bullshit to show that they can get along with homosexuals too?

  4. You're such a square. by Pink+Tinkletini · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hey, PC user! If you're too uptight to enjoy the occasional cock in the ass, do the world a favor and kill yourself. I know I would if I were half as beige as you.

    --
    And now, a PSA from David Lynch.
  5. Re:linux by RLiegh · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Judgeing by my experience with the 2.6 kernel (on myriad machines) the answer would have to be...probably not!.

    Linux has become crapware; I'm off to *BSD.

  6. Re:Question for the masses. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What's that smell? ...Oh, you're just talking out of your ass.

  7. Re:Where is 2.7? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    whilst

    Please stop using this word.

  8. Re:module shotguns AKA the windows way.... by Nichole_knc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Windows kernel = about a gig these days loads... EVERYTHING you can imagine.... Why anyone with a modern machine with XP would want to run something from windows 95/98 era is beyond me.... Come to think of it anyone who would want a windows machine as a full time machine is too beyond me.... But give a hand to the noobs at least they are trying... Now get off the distro candy kernel and build your own....

  9. Re:support for the h.323 protocol, quite unlikely by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh pu-lease drop your pedantic attitude. You just got humiliated by more knowledgeable people. Your "I know blabla really well" comment, which follows your intelectual ass being wooped severely, is really pathetic you sad git.