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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. Re:Current Limiting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you trolling or are you just uninformed?

    2) If you're using a laptop (or any desktop more recent than 2000) you have a 99.99% chance of hibernation working flawlessly in any Linux distro.

    1) The kernel/Linux has long been doing an excellent job on using power-saving features of processors and peripherals. Either you weren't very happy on your hardware choices or you should upgrade your distro to a release from the last 12 months. :-/

  2. Re:Did Bill Gates pay Shuttleworth to create Ubunt by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm baffled. Since when was acknowledging "Elephant in the Room" taboo?
     
    ^H^H^H
     
    #Zero__kelvin@Slashdot>never-mind

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    Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
  3. Re:Not in upcoming Debian by MrHanky · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would you wait for a GUI installer? You only install Debian once. You don't want a splash screen, you want to go and get a cup of coffee. Sid is Debian's desktop version, and it's usually more up to date than the latest Ubuntu. When something is broken, it will usually be fixed in a couple of days. If something is broken in Ubuntu, it will continue to be broken for 6 months.

    Whenever I've tried Ubuntu, I've had the feeling that whatever "polish" they've added is just more crud brushed under the carpet. Of course, each to their own. Just don't assume that Ubuntu is for everyone.

  4. Re:Did Bill Gates pay Shuttleworth to create Ubunt by Haeleth · · Score: 1, Troll

    Nonsense. The reason Linux is only slowly gaining acceptance (if it's gaining any at all) is that people even have to consider asking for help with it on web forums and mailing lists. That's the big barrier right there.

    Irrespective of how helpful the responses are, if you have to ask the Internet for help in the first place, it's too difficult.