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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."
Fanboi. Get some substance.
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. :-/
You are clearly a Linux newbie since you think there is such a thing as "Ubuntu 2.6.27"
As a newbie, you need to know that Ubuntu is the Linux equivalent of Windows. Mandriva is rock solid.
That being said, a Linux Kernel RC-1 is always "good enough" for the desktop user. It is certainly more than good enough for a security conscious anal retentive sysadmin for fortune 500 companies. Don't believe it? Maybe you don't know how many fortune 500 company CTOs are incompetent enough to allow Wind[sl|bl]ows on their network, or quite amazingly, use M$ Virus Attractors as servers.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Gays and niggers in one association?! And who gets the banana?
ROTFLMAO
;-)
Thanks for that, I needed a good laugh!
Homework: Learn what a "pecking order" is, and learn the defintion of cyberspace.
Extra Credit: Learn the defintion of "arrogant"
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Jesus, you rushed that so bad you mispelled definition twice!
Guess I'm not the one who need the homework, Mr. Epic Fail.
I'm baffled. Since when was acknowledging "Elephant in the Room" taboo?
^H^H^H
#Zero__kelvin@Slashdot>never-mind
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Man, that did not come out well at all, I need to go to bed. Mods, please mod this and that -1, Troll, and I will quit.
Sig: I stole this sig.
Amazing! Webcam support! Welcome to the future everybody! Now we can do everything people were doing in 1997, but with Linux!
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.
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.
Does Flash work yet? Are there any games?
No? Oh well, I'll stick with Vista.
Is this fucking news ?
OMG, so many versions! It's really a shame Teh Lunis couldn't have taken the time to sit down and code it right the first time around.