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Linux Kernel 4.6.1 Released; Some Users Report Boot Issue
Marius Nestor, reporting for Softpedia (condensed): Linux kernel 4.6.1 is already here, only two weeks after the official launch of the Linux 4.6 kernel series. For those not in the loop, Linux 4.6 branch is the latest and most advanced kernel branch available right now for GNU/Linux operating systems, but it looks like its adoption is a little slow at the moment. "I'm announcing the release of the 4.6.1 kernel. All users of the 4.6 kernel series must upgrade," says Greg Kroah-Hartman. "The updated 4.6.y git tree can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser."
Some users are apparently facing boot failure issue on the latest version. An anonymous tipster tells Slashdot: Several folks on the web have reported a regression in the latest Linux kernels, starting with 4.6.1 and including the 4.7 beta that prevents booting and drops to busybox, at least the one supplied by the Ubuntu PPA. The boot sequence ends with "address family not supported by protocol: error getting socket" and then, "error initializing udev control socket" (screenshot here).
Some users are apparently facing boot failure issue on the latest version. An anonymous tipster tells Slashdot: Several folks on the web have reported a regression in the latest Linux kernels, starting with 4.6.1 and including the 4.7 beta that prevents booting and drops to busybox, at least the one supplied by the Ubuntu PPA. The boot sequence ends with "address family not supported by protocol: error getting socket" and then, "error initializing udev control socket" (screenshot here).
I love Linux, and for a developer it is great -- but the quality of the end-user software in Ubuntu is abysmal. It seems like Ubuntu wants to pull in the new shiny with no regard to quality. BTW, using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
I'm REALLY not trolling here; but there are about 3 different out-of-the-box ways that your Wife's project could have been accomplished on OS X.
And to you, I say as a Developer, there's plenty of "Developer" Goodness available in OS X. In some ways, even more than in Linux.
Oh believe you me, I was thinking that the entire time I was dealing with this mess (rushing to create and burn these movies for my wife's project).
Truly sorry you had to suffer THAT particular brand of brain-damage! Nothing like watching the hours (and DVD coasters) pile up, with no end (but an ever-looming deadline) in sight...
/sarcasm tag set to "stealth mode" (one can never tell on Slashdot, especially when topics Apple are involved...), I REALLY urge you as a Developer who I assume is Linux-oriented, to take a serious look at OS X.
Not your fault that your Wife picked a class of Project for which Linux (actually, the "tools" available. Not actually Linux' fault!) REALLY sucks. And you have the stack of coasters in case anyone says different, right?!?
Assuming you didn't have your
Don't let the Haters hate. It's REALLY a fantastic OS, especially UNDER the hood... Nothing's perfect, of course; but I honestly can't think of a more overall "refined" (and I mean that NOT in an eye-candy way, but rather, architecturally) OS available to the masses.
OSX is "available to the masses" in the same way that business class air travel is.
The next time I have $3k lying around to try OSX and decide if I want a really expensive Windows laptop, I guess I can see if it's really improved that much since Leopard..
You know that's a lie.
You can dip your toe into the modern OS X world for a LOT less than $3k.
I said "dip". You're "evaluating" whether OS X works for YOU, right? So you don't necessarily need a brand-new, maxed-out machine right off the bat, just to kick the tires a bit. Almost ANY Mac that will run 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, will also run the latest OS X version, 10.11.4 El Capitan, AFAIK.
And if you're game to be a little adventurous, you can build a non-Apple "Evaluation" machine, install OS X on it (with perhaps other OSes, e.g. Linux), and if you decide that OS X still isn't your cup of tea, well then you still have yourself a machine that can be repurposed.
BUT... If you decide after a FAIR trial, that you DO kinda like OS X afterall, like so many other Linux and Windows-oriented people; you can start thinking about a decent Mac laptop. Now, I don't know your "application envelope", but I would bet that you could come up with a Mac Laptop that would suit your needs, but I agree that it would likely trend toward the $3k mark. But by that time, you would have decided to at least have OS X in the mix in a fairly major way, if not already your "Daily Driver".
See what I'm sayin'?