Linux Kernel 2.6.29 Released

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Posted by kdawson on Monday March 23, 2009 @02:07PM from the fullly-baked dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "Linus Torvalds has released Linux 2.6.29. The new features include the inclusion of kernel graphic modesetting, WiMAX, access point Wi-Fi support, inclusion of squashfs and a preliminary version of btrfs, a more scalable version of RCU, eCryptfs filename encryption, ext4 no journal mode, OCFS2 metadata checksums, improvements to the memory controller, support for filesystem freeze, and other features. Here is the full list of changes."

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Re:Filesystems in the kernel! by MichaelSmith · 2009-03-23 14:28 · Score: 4, Insightful

Filesystems in the kernel, savages!
Give it five to ten years. Linus will have to move all that bloat out of the kernel. I wonder if he will start again from minix 3?

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Re:Dataloss under Ext4: Obama to blame. by Cassini2 · 2009-03-23 14:47 · Score: 3, Insightful

After the Ext4 dataloss discussion, and the "Don't fear the fsync()" posts, I don't want to hear about Ext4, fsync(), or data loss again.
Re:Filesystems in the kernel! by visualight · 2009-03-23 16:38 · Score: 4, Insightful

Not everyone wants an initrd/initramfs to be 'required' to boot. Options, always preserve your options.

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Re:Drivers??? by onefriedrice · 2009-03-23 17:13 · Score: 3, Insightful

What I find really weird is that on Windows, the default paper size is always "letter", when most people use A4.
Not in the U.S.

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Re:Filesystems in the kernel! by ultranova · 2009-03-23 18:00 · Score: 3, Insightful

Actually, user space filesystems are nice, but they are way too slow for implementing a high speed server and/or even a decent desktop machine.

A database management system is nothing but a fancy filesystem with structured files, yet they are often used in servers and perform just fine.

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Re:I have a dream..... by Abreu · 2009-03-23 19:07 · Score: 5, Insightful

[sigh]
This again?
For the last time, Gnome and KDE are not going to merge! And we don't want them to merge! Healthy, friendly competition is good!
A Single-Unified-Linux-Desktop is neither desirable nor necessary for "world domination" or even "the year of the Linux Desktop"

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Re:The most important missed out feature by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · 2009-03-23 23:08 · Score: 3, Insightful

Starving girls with swollen bellies aren't on the edge of extinction.