Linux 2.6.36 Released

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 21, 2010 @02:15AM from the download-compile-reboot-repeat dept.

diegocg writes "Version 2.6.36 of the Linux kernel has been released. This version includes support for the Tilera architecture, a new filesystem notification interface called fanotify, CIFS local caching, support for Intel Intelligent Power Sharing in i3/5 systems, integration of the kernel debugger and KMS, inclusion of the AppArmor security system, a redesign of workqueues optimized for concurrency, and several new drivers and small improvements. See the full changelog here for more details."

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Fanotify disabled in this version by Anonymous Coward · 2010-10-21 02:25 · Score: 4, Informative

Because of desagreement in the ABI the fanotify is disabled in this kernel.
Did you even read Linus' release notice? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-10-21 02:27 · Score: 4, Informative

fanotify syscalls are disabled because people still can't agree on the API.
Mirror here: by D4rk+Fx · 2010-10-21 02:28 · Score: 3, Informative

Mirror Here
Re:But ... by Randwulf · 2010-10-21 03:00 · Score: 4, Informative

Ubuntu, a distribution that uses (some version) of the Linux kernel, is up to 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). The latest version of the Linux kernel to be released is 2.6.36.
Re:And yet? by 0123456 · 2010-10-21 03:10 · Score: 3, Informative

But can it play fullscreen flash video smoothly yet?
Yes.
Well, Ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop certainly doesn't seem to have any problem playing full screen Flash video. However, flash does hog the audio so I have to kill the damn thing if I want to play sound from anything else.
If there's one valid complaint in your post it's the crappy state of audio on Linux.
Re:And yet? by abigor · 2010-10-21 03:21 · Score: 3, Informative

Actually, all the relevant particulars of Flash are openly available (see Adobe's Open Screen project). The big exception is Sorenson Spark, but that's already available via ffmpeg. Basically, Gnash just isn't there yet.
Re:But ... by CannonballHead · 2010-10-21 04:17 · Score: 4, Informative

most likely: woosh :)