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Linux 2.6.36 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. And yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But can it play fullscreen flash video smoothly yet? Do we have stable APIs and ABIs? Can we ditch the dozens of competing audio APIs? In other words, Loonix is still garbage.

    1. Re:And yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Hey moron, FLASH IS CLOSED SOURCE CRAP. WHAT PART OF THAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?

      Open-source re implementations of closed source crap is still going to be crap because they don't know the particulars.

      Now stop trolling. I know Microsoft has probably paid you to do so, but we all know that so stop pretending.

  2. Re:The problem with Linux is not the kernel! by VincenzoRomano · · Score: 0, Troll

    The problem is not the GNU collection. It's the fact that every distro team spends a lot of efforts to make it unique. Instead of making it working. Like the *BSD distros.

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    For sure they won't ever become so stupid. [VR-1988]
  3. Re:Great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've only seen a fag-end once, and that was at a Linux User Group. Looked like lemon party, but with more beard. Kind of ruined my linux curiousity.

  4. Re:Whether a file has changed = complex? by BitZtream · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or copying the Windows kernel, which had it before OSX existed or, copying any other OS that had it before Windows.

    File change notifications aren't exactly new.

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  5. Re:Whether a file has changed = complex? by BitZtream · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or venders of backup software.

    Or venders of desktop software, like Google Desktop which picks up new files instantly, or iPhoto which gets new photos as they are created, or Windows Explorer which updates its view automatically when a change is made without the need for polling.

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    Persistent Volume manager for Kubernetes - https://github.com/dwimsey/openshift-pvmanager