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Linus Announces the 2.6.25 Linux Kernel
LinuxWatch writes "'It's been long promised, but there it is now,' began Linux creator Linus Torvalds, announcing the 2.6.25 Linux kernel. He continued, 'special thanks to Ingo who found and fixed a nasty-looking regression that turned out to not be a regression at all, but an old bug that just had not been triggering as reliably before. That said, that was just the last particular regression fix I was holding things up for, and it's not like there weren't a lot of other fixes too, they just didn't end up being the final things that triggered my particular worries.' There were numerous changes in this revision of the OS. The origins of some of those fixes is detailed in Heise's brief history of this kernel update."
Still it is their responsibility to create an engine that is small and powerful enough to fit in those chasies. However I would suggest that they would put their focus on the X11/XFree developers for faster, better and stable Graphics and Drivers. My history with Linux has the problem not being with the Linux Kernel but with the X Windows System (Xwindows is big and clunky to support features that we don't fully utilize and are fully utilizeing them less and less). I think Linux needs to seporate from its Unix haritage and start moving away from X11 and to something a bit more direct with the frame buffer and video card (Much like how OS X has). Granted X11 has improved in the areas of 3d acceleration and such. But compared to OS X it is lacking
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
so if I had windows, I'd complain about not having the support of microsoft. but since I'm trying linux, I get told to buy new hardware.
That sounds like a nice double standard from the linux crowd.
If a shopper wants to choose between 3 wifi cards, do the Linux developers bother to tell the shopper quickly and concisely which of those will work??
The community of coders, sysadmins and other techies aren't even interested in TELLING Linux novices that an "Acme Inc" device is supported! So OEMs see little actual need for compatibility being expressed. No comprehensive and authoritative Hardware Compatibility List = no market pressure.
If Linus had one hairsbreadth of concern for a users' ability to discern compatibility while contemplating hardware purchases, then his group would have setup an HCL years ago. But instead he leaves that horrid little task of dealing with the unwashed to the distros, who produce pathetic nearly-empty HCL databases with some of the most unpleasant web-search design imaginable.