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Linux 3.11 Released
hypnosec writes "Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 3.11 as anticipated. Torvalds notes that the final version doesn't bring in a lot more than what is already present in the rc7, but it does include fixes — most of them in networking, file systems, and audio."
That's what I want to know. Also, how many floppies?
When Linus dies, he will be embalmed like Stalin and kept in a glass case for all the acolytes to file past... Eventually, like Stalin, most of his flesh will be replaced with wax. Indeed, secretly, Madame Tussaud will be asked to create a Torvald corpse to replace the real body, which will be shipped to a laboratory where technicians will attempt to reanimate Linus. This will be done with secret procedures gleaned from hacking Scientology's servers on how they did the same thing to Tom Cruise.
That's correct. Here's the diff: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/Makefile?id=ad81f0545ef01ea651886dddac4bef6cec930092.
Note that the previous version, 3.10, was named "Unicycling Gorilla". The fact that you probably had no idea it was named that shows just how important these release names are. :)
you could try upgrading your kernel to get access to newer driver revisions.
isn't linux suppose to run on a toaster? But whenever someone brings up a problem its their piece of shit, and of course no one is having issues, no one else fucking uses it
"Fuck you," he added.
If you're going to post Linux release announcements, remember to link the Kernel Newbies page, since they document the big changes.
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.11
You obviously don't know what you're doing, and it's your fault for choosing junk, uncommon hardware. BTW, real men use a PS/2 mouse rather than new fangled USB thing. The cursor stays responsive in swap hell when it doesn't have to go through a USB stack.
It's almost like the original comment has been run through Google Translate 30-40 times.
I think the toaster OS is NetBSD.
Those were just the RC candidate jokes.
This is the release version.
Try to keep up.
3.8 is what Ubuntu is stuck on at the moment I believe, probably what he is using... Their kernel updates are pretty barebones too, it is basically just the plain old 3.8.0 kernel. GP, you should at least try a fedora liveCD or something, they package a pretty solid build of Linux these days. And if you were using the latest Ubuntu version, I'll just say I had a bunch of issues with it too, so please try something else.
I'm waiting for Linux XP, which will never die.
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That was yesterday, dipshit, and only in the US.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
What is really fantastic is the extended support for pro usb devices from Roland and Yamaha. It should be very possible to create a really effective cheap laptop DAW running Linux tuned for RT audio without having to mess install drivers the way you do with Windows. Not that you could not use these devices in the past it was just difficult to set them up correctly because alsa had trouble working with most Roland mixers and the like the only way to do it sometimes was using a stupid setup that was flaky as hell.
I hope this kernel version is adopted quickly by the Ubuntu Studio guys, but if necessary I will roll my own so I can use Roland usb devices with my laptop!
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Well, Ubuntu is on version 13, so we should definitely be using that.
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The first does not follow from the other.
One common problem is broken hardware, with an undocumented workaround in the Windows driver. Or a broken Windows standard driver, with an undocumented workaround in the hardware.
Once you get the BIOS involved, it gets even worse. Nowadays, the BIOS can do things differently depending on the OS. One motherboard had a BIOS workaround for an old bug in a 2.6 or 2.4 kernel. The next kernel version fixed the bug, and that motherboard stopped working under Linux. Make the Linux kernel identify itself to the BIOS as being XP, and everything works.
And then there's the (hardware or BIOS) features that doesn't get used by the current version of Windows, and so nobody bothers implementing them correctly. Linux, however, uses those features, and thus doesn't work. When the next Windows version uses those features, we often end up back at broken hardware with a workaround in the Windows driver.
An example: Linux was among the first to support the ATA TRIM command, and certain CD-ROM drives (I think), rather than responding with "No such command, this is not an SSD", instead entered firmware flashing mode. Not just a case of Linux not working with the drive, the drive was actually bricked in that the firmware was overwritten with random data.
Another: The Samsung UEFI machines that did not check the size of the data sent to the UEFI non-volatile RAM area. Windows only sent a few K, so no problem there. Linux used it for crash logging, and rather than reporting "not enough memory", UEFI gladly filled the entire area, leaving no space for it's own use, which was required to boot any OS.
Remember the browser-version wars? I think that IE jumped from 2.1 to 4 in a matter of weeks. Eventually, Google and Firefox took it to the logical extreme, changing major revision numbers ever 12 minutes. I guess it's still going on...
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