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Kernels Galore

Posted by justin++ on from the hat-trick dept.

Linus has blessed what could very well be the last kernel in the 2.0 series, 2.0.38. The small patch fixes a dangerous TCP/IP bug, and two other small bugs. Please use a local mirror (ftp.us.kernel.org for us folks in the US). Update: 08/26 07:25 by J : It seems that 2.2.12 and 2.3.15 have also been blessed by the holy penguin pee :)

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  1. and 2.3.15 and 2.2.12 by Unknwn · · Score: 3

    Linus has been a busy boy tonight, following the release of 2.0.38 with a large patch for 2.3.15 with lots of changes that managed to crash my machine the first time I tried to check my mail with it (back to 2.3.15-pre1 until I can test it :) and then a 2.2.12 release, which I haven't looked at yet.

  2. Re:2.0.38? What happened to the 2.2 tree? by Sun+Tzu · · Score: 3

    There are hermits among us, my boy, who are very slow to jump on the latest kernel for our servers. And, it's not just because we have impressive uptime to consider, either! We have predictable and adequate behavior in an older kernel running on a dedicated machine and we want to change as little as possible. A new 2.0 kernel with minor refinements and bug fixes isn't likely to break anything. The wonderful world of Linux works here too! Ain't it grand?

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  3. Changes? by JaySWF · · Score: 3

    Sorry for asking a (possibly) stupid question, but where can I read what has changed from 2.2.11 to 2.2.12?

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