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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."

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  1. Linux 2.6.27 Out by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Linux 2.6.27 is out, OpenBSD 4.4 is in!

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    1. Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out by AJWM · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've got some, what do you want moderated?

      Oh, wait...

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    2. Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out by baeksu · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not to worry, I can help!

      No, wait...crap.

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    3. Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Okay, he can use my mod points because I'm posting AC. Now if only I had a Slashdot account...

    4. Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

      One of these days, the admins should give Anonymous Coward some mod points.

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    5. Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out by fpophoto · · Score: 5, Funny

      One of these days, the admins should give Anonymous Coward some mod points.

      Mod parent up!

      If nothing else, it would just totally blow the AC's mind when he cruised by here. "WTF? Mod points?"

    6. Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      One of these days, I'm going to chop you into little pieces.

    7. Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out by hdparm · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, that would be Sun Microsystems.

  2. Re:Barely on v.2.6.27? Sheesh, Windows way past th by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

    what number is Vista?

    666

  3. Re:Change naming scheme by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.)

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  4. Re:Not in upcoming Debian by WK2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  5. Re:Thank you Linus. by __aardcx5948 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. ;-)

  6. Re:This is a huge amount of work by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    But you can only waste time on Slashdot if you *both* agree to cover for each other. This is an unacceptable solution.

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