Linux Kernel 4.6 Officially Released (softpedia.com)

An anonymous coward writes: Just like clockwork, the Linux 4.6 kernel was officially released today. Details on the kernel changes for Linux 4.6 can be found via Phoronix and KernelNewbies.org. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900 Maxwell support and Dell XPS 13 Skylake support are among the many hardware changes for 4.6. For Linux 4.7 there are already several new features to look forward to from new DRM display drivers to a new CPU scaling governor expected.
prisoninmate also writes: Linus Torvalds announced the final release of the anticipated Linux 4.6 kernel, which, after seven Release Candidate builds introduces features like "the OrangeFS distributed file system, support for the USB 3.1 SuperSpeed Plus (SSP) protocol, offering transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps, improvements to the reliability of the Out Of Memory task killer, as well as support for Intel Memory protection keys," [according to Softpedia].

"Moreover, Linux kernel 4.6 ships with Kernel Connection Multiplexor, a new component designed for accelerating application layer protocols, 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec) support, online inode checker for the OCFS2 file system, support for the BATMAN V protocol, and support for the pNFS SCSI layout."

Comments

I hope it is almost time

[pablo_max]

Just this morning, as I was reading an article on MS 10's latest update, which includes more adds, I was pondering; is it finally time to give linux another chance?

I give it a shot every couple years in hopes that I can finally ditch Windows, but invariably, I format the drive and go back to windows.

Now, to be honest, I did try Mint a couple weeks ago running on a live USB disk. It was reasonably snappy and looks "ok". However, there are definitely still big issues with High resolution displays, so that the scaling looks all wonky. Some elements look ok, but the icons on the launcher bar are so tiny I could hardly see them.
But... I could live with that.
What I cannot live with is the lack of games. Real games. New release titles.
I am hoping that can and will change with the release a Vulcan, though only time will tell.
As I get old though, the biggest issue for me is the lack of MS office. Yes I know there are open source alternatives, but these are not the same. I know people who are not big office users same it can be a one to one swap, but it cant.
If MS released a linux version of office, I would switch to Linux as my main OS and just boot to windows when gaming.

Yes.

[Anonymous Coward]

Because allowing random userspace processes to mess with DMA capable hardware and PCI configuration space is a recipe for disaster.

Re:OrangeFS distributed fs....uhh ok

[gweihir]

Compile your own kernel, have only in there what you want. Be a luser (yes, this is the correct spelling) and have everything in there. As the kernel in in practice very modular, having this stuff as an option does not slow the rest down or cause problems. So far, this model has proven far superior to what MS does with their user-installed drivers.