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Linux Kernel 2.6.32 LTS Reaches End of Life In February 2016 (softpedia.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The oldest long-term supported Linux kernel branch finally reaches end of life next month, but before going into the deepest darkest corners of the Internet, it just dropped one more maintenance release, Linux kernel 2.6.32.70 LTS. Willy Tarreau dropped the news about the release of Linux kernel 2.6.32.70 LTS on January 29, 2016, informing all us that this will most likely be the last maintenance release in the series, as starting with February 2016 it will no longer be supported with security patches and bugfixes. Linux 2.6 first came out in December, 2003, and 2.6.16 (the first long-term release) in March 2006.
What happens to RHEL6?
No thanks http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1506.0/02415.html
Linux kernel 2.6.32.70 LTS now available for download
Jan 30, 2016 21:35 GMT By Marius Nestor
The oldest long-term supported Linux kernel branch finally reaches end of life next month, but before going into the deepest darkest corners of the Internet it just dropped one more maintenance release, Linux kernel 2.6.32.70 LTS.
Willy Tarreau dropped the news about the release of Linux kernel 2.6.32.70 LTS on January 29, 2016, informing all us that this will most likely be the last maintenance release in the series, as starting with February 2016 it will no longer be supported with security patches and bugfixes.
"I've just released Linux 2.6.32.70. As a reminder, EOL for 2.6.32 is set to Feb 2016," said Willy Tarreau in the announcement. "There *might* be another version in the next 2 weeks if we find important things to fix or if Ben gets a few more security fixes, and after that it should be all. So please consider this one as the most likely last one."
Users are urged to move to the newest LTS release
Linux kernel 2.6.32.70 LTS is a normal milestone that changes a total of 59 files, with 487 insertions and 187 deletions. Among the changes, we can notice a few improvements to the x86, s390, PA-RISC, and MIPS hardware architectures, as well as to the EXT4, NFS, FUSE, and sysv filesystems, updates to the ISDN, SPI, SCSI, USB, and networking drivers, and a lot of fixes for networking stack.
Users of a GNU/Linux operating system running on a kernel from the Linux 2.6.32 LTS series, are urged to either update to the 2.6.32.70 maintenance release or start migrating to the newest and most advanced long-term supported version, Linux kernel 4.4 LTS. You can download the Linux kernel 2.6.32.70 LTS sources right now from the kernel.org website or via Softpedia and start compiling by hand.
I had no idea that Linux had a Windows XP mode.
I agree, it doesn't really provide useful information on how to track down the issue. Dealing with syslog was a pain in the ass in some ways to track down problems associated with a particular daemon, but I'm not sure systemd solves the issue.
That said, I see a number of AC posts criticizing you for your views on systemd. It seems every night recently, a troll posts a bunch of AC comments in response to an early post, pretending to have a conversation with itself but contributing nothing of substance. Last night, it was claiming Facebook encourages gun violence and that AK-47s are sold in Facebook's parking lot. The night before, it was posting about how Republicans want people to die and kill people's family members who don't support Republicans. It's almost certainly a single troll who needs to be modded down to -1. Please take note, moderators, and mod the replies accordingly. And to the new management of Slashdot, if you see this, please consider banning the IPs associated with these crapfloods. Thanks!
This guy posts a helpful technical response and gets voted down. I too have run into this same bug.
A pitty most Broadcom SoC based routers, even the most recent ones still ship with this kernel. Which makes plugging in USB devices a living hell for lack of drivers.
I still run an old Ubuntu LTS install with Linux 2.6.32, but that is mostly because so that I would not have to run a Ubuntu version with that abomination called "Unity" or Gnome 3. I could not see that Ubuntu had offered any upgrade path to another LTS release that would not force any of that crap upon me. I also did not want to get a system that was a mix of installs from different sources.
My old Ubuntu has served me well for this time. Time to look around for some other distribution then... Mint?
BTW. At work I installed CentOS 6 on a brand new machine, this Thursday. I installed CentOS 7 first but gave it up because of Gnome 3.
"We mustn't be caught by surprise by our own advancing technology" -- Aldous Huxley
Dice no longer own Slashdot.
Here, let me get you a paper towel or something for you to clean yourself up with--you look a bit foolish with all that foam hanging from your mouth.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
He doesn't care. He's been corrected about this before but is still posting the same nonsense. I don't think your post will get him to reconsider his misplaced anger.
What part of Dice Holdings Inc. no longer own Slashdot are you failing to understand?
Perhaps you should wait until you've sobered up before posting again? You're setting a bad example for the youngsters.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
Will this still run on the 80386, which was the original goal of Linux?
It is not dead until Netcraft, well, you know...
... about version 2.6.32? Was it the last one that didn't have systemd? Or something else? I know that Linus jumped to version 3 after that, and so on, but aside from that leap, is there anything else about 2.6.32 that makes it so special that dropping support for it is newsworthy?