Linux 2.2.8

KrON writes "Linux 2.2.8 Is being upp'ed to mirrors as we speak... " A few people have noted that a 2.3 directory has appeared on some of the mirrors, although it is empty.

Comments

Scheduler Enhancements

[jelle]

Rumors say that this is the first version in the 2.2.x series where some problems with the scheduler (that existed since the late 2.1.1xx kernels) are finally ironed out.

I'd like to see what difference this one makes on the 'dreaded' Quad PIII/Quad 100mbit/Hardware RAID/>1GB RAM configuration that is soo popular lately in MS-sponsored 'benchmarks'...

Btw: Who thinks like me that it may be time for one or more larger Linux organisation (like Linux International, RedHat labs, and/or Suse) to setup a high-performance benchmark lab that can be used for in-house benchmarking, and kernel development and optimization of Linux by our cutting-edge Linux developers (linus, alan, david, andrea, donald, stephen, andre, richard, rick, and the o-so many others, including the samba, apache, and squid guys).