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Linux 3.13 Kernel To Bring Major Feature Improvements
An anonymous reader writes "There's many improvements due in the Linux 3.13 kernel that just entered development. On the matter of new hardware support, there's open-source driver support for Intel Broadwell and AMD Radeon R9 290 'Hawaii' graphics. NFTables will eventually replace IPTables; the multi-queue block layer is supposed to make disk access much faster on Linux; HDMI audio has improved; Stereo/3D HDMI support is found for Intel hardware; file-system improvements are on the way, along with support for limiting the power consumption of individual PC components."
I still upgrade from time to time, but my attention is more focused on security than any supposed "improvements". I don't want to be the odd guy who is caught with some vulnerability that was fixed eight versions ago.
Some Linux distributors, instead of providing a new kernel that may break old applications or devices, instead backport security fixes to an old kernel.
"That's only going to work for so long until the next generation hits adulthood."
Do you really think so? The "next generation" is in high school right now, taking "computer science" courses, that consist of teaching Microsoft Office. What the next generation actually needs, is to learn to question authority. If they can learn that lesson, then maybe they can break the corporate lock-in tradition that the current generation seems so happy with.
Time will tell, of course. If Microsoft, Apple, and the major manufacturers start losing big money, then you'll be proven right.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
What the next generation actually needs, is to learn to question authority
Apparently somebody's never met a teenager before. :P
I read TFA and all I got was this lousy cookie
Sounds awesome - and you're not even running any applications yet. Some people just don't have that amount of time to piss away, though.
Of course it runs NetBSD. BTC: 1NT7QvbetmANwaMzhpVL6
The PS4 is just a low-end gaming PC with a Sony sticker on the front. Of course the games are going to look like something a PC could play a few years ago.
Unfortunately it won't any time soon. The reason? MS Office, and its billions of unmaintainable macros that keep most companies from being able to switch to something else. Sad, but true.
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
If your programmers cannot figure out which libraries to use and/or link everything statically, might I suggest that instead if crying fragmentation they look for a different profession.
When is BTRFS finally going to be declared stable and become default on major distros? Its features were needed years ago. The Copy on Write features are killer features that have been needed on Linux for years, such as to implement a filesystem level versioning, system restore an restore point feature and improved snapshot features. Ext4 is only a stop-gap and Ext is really starting to show its age.