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Linux Kernel 2.6.32 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the download-compile-reboot-repeat dept.

diegocg writes "Linus Torvalds has officially released the version 2.6.32 of the Linux kernel. New features include virtualization memory de-duplication, a rewrite of the writeback code faster and more scalable, many important Btrfs improvements and speedups, ATI R600/R700 3D and KMS support and other graphic improvements, a CFQ low latency mode, tracing improvements including a 'perf timechart' tool that tries to be a better bootchart, soft limits in the memory controller, support for the S+Core architecture, support for Intel Moorestown and its new firmware interface, run-time power management support, and many other improvements and new drivers. See the full changelog for more details."

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  1. stable? by burris · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Lots of new features, I thought the 2.X.Y versions where X is an even number are supposed to be "stable." There isn't even a 2.7 branch.