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Linux 3.6 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

diegocg writes "Linux 3.6 has been released. It includes new features in Btrfs: subvolume quotas, quota groups and snapshot diffs (aka 'send/receive'). It also includes support for suspending to disk and memory at the same time, a TCP 'Fast Open' mode, a 'TCP small queues' feature to fight bufferbloat; support for safe swapping over NFS/NBD, better Ext4 quota support, support for the PCIe D3cold power state; and VFIO, which allows safe access from guest drivers to bare-metal host devices. Here's the full changelog."

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  1. Re:The consumers want to know by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So no one important.

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  2. Re:Ok, ok, question by hduff · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As a Linux noob, how do I learn what all of those words mean? The only one I even vaguely recognize is TCP and i don't even know what that is. Until someone responds, I'll be at Google.

    Which is how it is done.

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  3. Re:Ok, ok, question by hobarrera · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Most of these words are not linux-specific, though they are rather technical. It's what you'd expect on the release of a new kernel version, especially on slashdot.

  4. Re:Comparison by MtHuurne · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is a new Linux kernel release every two months; Ask Woz is a once in 15 years event.