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Linux 3.9 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

hypnosec writes "After a week's delay Linux 3.9 has finally been made available by Linus Torvalds. Last week Torvalds released the rc8 stating that he wasn't 'comfy' releasing the final version yet and that 'another week won't hurt.' Torvalds noted in this week's announcement that last week had been very quiet as there were not many commits and the ones which were there were 'really tiny' so he went ahead with the release of Linux 3.9."

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  1. WAKE ME WHEN IT IS 8.0 !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Catch up to Windows already !!

    1. Re:WAKE ME WHEN IT IS 8.0 !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well that's how the progress bar counts so I don't see why it shouldn't be valid for everything else.

      1... 2... many... 98%... 5... done

    2. Re:WAKE ME WHEN IT IS 8.0 !! by kernelistic · · Score: 3, Funny

      You omitted the most epic part of the Windows family: Windows ME!

    3. Re:WAKE ME WHEN IT IS 8.0 !! by Anomalyst · · Score: 4, Funny

      What about Bob?

      Im SAILING!!!!!

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      There is no right to feel safe thru security vaudeville at the expense of everyone's freedom, privacy and tax money.
  2. Re:Interesting but... by MrDoh! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jboots have been nerfed?
    No idea, usually a list, only thing I'm seeing is;
    http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.3/02009.html

    That's more 'techy stuff fixed' rather than the shiny stuff mentioned.

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    Waiting for an amusing sig.
  3. awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This version includes my patches for large HOSTS file support. Previously, the kernel used a fixed buffer size for the HOSTS file entries. relatively largeish (1 million+ entries) overflowed it and entries were dropped. 3.9 will dynamically resize (zero-copy algorithm) so the Linux KERNEL now officially has the best HOSTS file support anywhere.