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Linux Kernel 2.6.31 Released
diegocgteleline.es writes "The Linux kernel v2.6.31 has been released. Besides the desktop improvements and USB 3.0 support mentioned some days ago, there is an equivalent of FUSE for character devices that can be used for proxying OSS sound through ALSA, new tools for using hardware performance counters, readahead improvements, ATI Radeon KMS, Intel's Wireless Multicomm 3200 support, gcov support, a memory checker and a memory leak detector, a reimplementation of inotify and dnotify on top of a new filesystem notification infrastructure, btrfs improvements, support for IEEE 802.15.4, IPv4 over Firewire, new drivers and small improvements. The full list of changes can be found here."
OMG. It might become a micro-kernel!!!
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Other priorities, I think.
I have yet to see a Firewire device and only have seen a few PCs with Firewire ports.
The good, the evil and the vacuum tubes.
It is a bunch of legacy cruft piled on compatibility and emulation layers. I have created a kernal so small and so efficient that it can fit in the nostril of a piglet while still supporting full IPv6 and Perl. Furthermore why are all Linux users fat hairy men?There is something wrong with a culture that worships regurgitating antarctic waterfowl. Something seriously wrong that requires some good old fashioned sunshine and country fresh air and fried chicken.
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Actually, no.
The good, the evil and the vacuum tubes.
Which enhancement in Linux kernel are you missing? Believe me, ONLY feature which many people are missing on Linux is support for their dumb scanner made 10 years ago.