Linux Kernel 2.6.30 Released

diegocgteleline.es writes "Linux kernel 2.6.30 has been released. The list of new features includes NILFS2 (a new, log-structured filesystem), a filesystem for object-based storage devices called exofs, local caching for NFS, the RDS protocol (which delivers high-performance reliable connections between the servers of a cluster), a new distributed networking filesystem (POHMELFS), automatic flushing of files on renames/truncates in ext3, ext4 and btrfs, preliminary support for the 802.11w drafts, support for the Microblaze architecture, the Tomoyo security MAC, DRM support for the Radeon R6xx/R7xx graphic cards, asynchronous scanning of devices and partitions for faster bootup, the preadv/pwritev syscalls, several new drivers and many other small improvements."

Comments

LINUX IS SHIT

[Anonymous Coward]

Can't even install a usb wifi device without going through a bunch of command line bullshit that doesn't even work

Fuck this shit. Going back to Windows.

Re:Why another filesystem?!

[xenolion]

Please tell me these question are a joke right?? Cause if you have to ask them please turn off your computer, get up from the desk cause you have to be very drunk right now and its not safe for drunk and type.

Re:Why another filesystem?!

[SpooForBrains]

plus, lets be honest, NTFS is crap. The only reason they're still using it is because there is too much involved in transitioning to a new one. The absense of WinFS from 7 is a testament to this.

Re:Just get your shit together or give up

[corychristison]

make webcams work (they don't in the majority of cases at the moment)

Who uses webcams? Text is much more efficient and doesn't hog bandwidth. aMSN kicks ass for those who still use MSN/Live Messenger.

stop regressions in graphics drivers

That's not entirely upto the Kernel dev's... Ati/nVidia/Intel all have their own driver packages that aren't included in the kernel. 9/10 times it's their problem, not the kernel dev's.

get other hardware working, e.g. iPods;

Definitely not a Linux developer issue. Apple changes the iPod connectivity system and obfuscates it so often it's not worth the hassle.
There are some solutions out there, though. Your mileage may vary though, depending on which model/revision/colour iPod you own.

make dual-screen work without spending 20 minutes fucking around

This depends on which set of drivers you are using. ati-config has an option to set it up nearly instantly. nvidia-config does, too. I haven't dealt with Intel video cards for a long time so I'm unsure of their options.

get GNOME on to QT and develop a decent HIG (sorry, the current GNOME HIG is an excuse to put off doing anything about bugs, see Apple's for how this should be done)

Not going to happen. There are alternatives to GNOME and KDE (and GTK/QT respectively). But you wouldn't want to use those because they aren't "pretty". Seeing as how you're a fan of Apple (and probably a douchebag-mac-fuck) that just won't do for you because fashion and beauty is everything to people like you.

finally pick one -- namely .deb -- package format and stick to it; so developers aren't put-off by the idea of spending days creating packages for different platforms.

Also probably never going to happen. .deb is not a good choice for some people (like me). Gentoo seems to have it right. Gentoo employs a ports-like system borrowed from BSD. Since you're such a fan of Apple, you could appreciate that. Seeing as Mac OSX is a fusion of MacOS and FreeBSD (_basically_ -- NOT getting into the technical aspect of this)

I'm sure some smug twat will pop-up and say how they don't care about Linux on the desktop, my answer is: why are you bothering to reply, if you don't care? There are obviously loads of people who do care, just look around at all the advocates. They told me Linux is ready for the desktop, and I tried it, only to find everything's slower, my iPod didn't work, then upgrading hosed my sound and video!

I guess I'm a twat... but who's holding the iPod?
Anyway. I'm replying because I want to maybe set you straight on a few things. You are obviously a Mac user because you are very imaginative. We all know only fruity apple guys are imaginative, right?
Perhaps your experience using Linux sucked, but my family uses it for _all_ tasks (from messaging, to e-mail, to programming, to book-keeping, to writing a letter, to watching Media on the TV, to the firmware in my networking equipment) and it works great.
I don't understand the speed comment you made. I've used Mac OS/X and every version of Windows. Speed certainly is not an issue here. Ubuntu may be your problem there (never used it past installing and wiping because I didn't like it)

If you're thinking of advocating Linux to someone: stop! Go and do some work on getting drivers working instead, your time won't be wasted and you won't lose any friends.

I'm guessing you are some hip-cool teen that doesn't seem to comprehend anything past "Ohhnoooes! My iPood Odesn't work! WTFBBQ :cry: /wrist"
That's fine. We don't want your business anyway. Maybe one day when you grow up and realize life is more important than your iPod will you understand.

Thank you, and have a good night.
Sincerely,
    Cory Christison