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Linux 2.6.27 Out

Posted by timothy on from the not-all-fancy-like-gnu dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "Linux 2.6.27 has been released. It adds a new filesystem (UBIFS) for 'pure' flash-based storage, the page-cache is now lockless, much improved Direct I/O scalability and performance, delayed allocation support for ext4, multiqueue networking, data integrity support in the block layer, a function tracer, a mmio tracer, sysprof support, improved webcam support, support for the Intel wifi 5000 series and RTL8187B network cards, a new ath9k driver for the Atheros AR5008 and AR9001 chipsets, more new drivers, and many other improvements and fixes. Full list of changes can be found here."

4 of 452 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Did Bill Gates pay Shuttleworth to create Ubunt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    SHUT THE FUCK UP

  2. Re:Did Bill Gates pay Shuttleworth to create Ubunt by fpophoto · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    BTW, thanks for not denying you're an arrogant asshole. Very honourable.

    Still a troll with no useful information, though. So thanks for the mild fun and good night.

  3. Re:Not in upcoming Debian by AmberBlackCat · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So? Download and build your own kernel..

    Or get Windows or Mac and never have to hear that.

  4. Re:define: manners by marcosdumay · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So now we start to ignore reality because we don't like how it is presented?

    Yeah, one can learn a lot with WallStreet nowadays.

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