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Linux 2.6.27 Out
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."
Linux 2.6.27 is out, OpenBSD 4.4 is in!
Trolling is a art,
Last I saw they were on version Windows 2000. The Linux is never gonna catch up!
what number is Vista?
666
may I suggest Ubuntu 8.10?
You have my permission.
LOL, 2.6?? We already have 9.0 here in the office.
Not so fast. Has he signed form WQ-37 and initialed C12-B first?
Well, they can't release a 2.7, as SCO has already declared that that's the kernel that has the proprietary code in it. (Y'see, the Master, who cunningly disguised his alien identity by calling himself Darl, made an error in the time calculations and ended up traveling back in time too many years. Now's our chance to really screw up the space/time continuum.)
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)
Here's a thought. If they're using Gentoo on a 386SX, using the -git kernel tree, and having it auto-rebuild whenever there's a change, they'd never actually get far enough in recompiling to ever be able to boot up a new kernel.
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)
If there were viruses on VMS (well, other than via DCL scripting in e-mail subject lines), I guess we'd be calling them SYS$kits.
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)
Although, I guess they [Debian] made the decision for 2.6.26 before they realised that a September release would be an impossible target.
Yeah. Nobody could have predicted that a Debian release would be late.
Write your own Choose Your Own Adventure. http://www.freegameengines.org/gamebook-engine/
No, he's only filed a TPS report. He also missed that memo we all got.
I believe you have my stapler?
Debian never paid much attention to desktop features, may I suggest Ubuntu 8.10?
No you may not. We are aware of that distro and have rejected it. We like Debian and use Debian. It is the best desktop system as far as I am concerned.
I think he is referring to the lack of polish that Ubuntu has.
s/Ubuntu/Debian/g
How much of the code is from Linus himself nowadays? I thought he mostly reviewed/rejected patches, and occasionally, once every to or so years, accepted a patch or two. ;-)
Because I wrote the comment for heaven's sake, and it was meant to be funny not insightful.
Hell I can't figure out why it could be seen as insightful.
But you can only waste time on Slashdot if you *both* agree to cover for each other. This is an unacceptable solution.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
So? Download and build your own kernel..
Or get Windows or Mac and never have to hear that.
I bet you buy your LEGO preassembled too.
Stop Computers/Cars Analogies on S
i've been running my girlfriends new laptop on ndiswrapper drivers for the past year because so far they have been the most painless. it's great to see the new atheros drivers integrated.
it seems these days it doesn't take long until a new driver finds its way into the kernel, and i'm not being sarcastic. one year between obscure hardware release and driver in kernel is fine.
Do not trust this signature.
I think he is referring to the lack of polish that Ubuntu has.
If you're *that* hung up about a polish language version of Ubuntu, you can do it yourself you know :-)
s/Ubuntu/Debian/g
gives
I think he is referring to the lack of polish that Debian has. I find Debian's default Gnome desktop atrocious. I prefer their KDE or their base install. Debian, on the other hand, does a very good job with Gnome while Kubuntu lags.
I think you meant s/Ubuntu/Debian/ , only first occurence replaced, not all. Using v to only select
I think he is referring to the lack of polish that Ubuntu has.
is cheating, no real hacker uses vim-specific features ;)
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of killer sig, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
He got the memo, he just forgot.
How do I install this 'kernal' with Synaptic?
I bet you buy your LEGO preassembled too.
I actually pay a LCSE(Lego Certified Systems Engineer) $150 per hour to assemble mine for me, its the only way to be sure.
Score:4, Informative?
Christ.
I reckon I could reject hundreds of patches a day. Probably even more, if I wrote a script.
Get your own free personal location tracker
a nice splash screen when I didn't feel like reading the boot log
You could try using the "off switch" hardware feature present in most monitors for the duration of the boot. It's been supported since kernel 1.0.3, so no recimpile is needed.
As a workaround if there is a bug, you could try rotating yourself 180 degrees about a vertical axis temporarily.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
You're looking for an attractive single woman that is also an OpenBSD core developer and would be willing to mate with a Gentoo core developer. And you're looking for her on Slashdot.
:)
Good luck with that.
I always found it annoying, under Windows, to have to hunt down drivers.
When's the last version of Windows you used?
I've never bothered to hunt down a driver in XP or Vista, except for upgrading video card drivers. (Windows will do that automatically, but only to stripped-down versions without gaming features.) Joysticks, webcams, scanners, USB keys... everything's automatic and has been for awhile.
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