Kernel 2.6.1 Released 441
jnf writes "And so he said it is released, and then jumped on a plane to Australia. Linus announced the release of 2.6.1 a few minutes ago, fixes include AGPGART, a fork() bugfix, and misc changes to XFS, and those are just the patches applied since v2.6.1-rc3. Full changelog is avialable, kernel at the usual places, i held off posting this until kernel.org was updated." 2.6.0 is now in Debian unstable...
Re:Slackware (Score:5, Insightful)
Finally, the patch party is over (for now). (Score:5, Insightful)
- UML [sourceforge.net]
- ipsec
- ebtables & bridge-netfilter [sourceforge.net]
- robert love's preemptable patch
- LSM-hooks [immunix.org] (which make not everybody happy:grsecurity [grsecurity.net], RSBAC [rsbac.org]
- LS-module SE-linux [nsa.gov]
- filesystem-encryption
- apci 2.5 backports
- Kernel
.config
- DVB-support [linuxtv.org]
I got really tired of applying combinations of those patches to newest kernel source (due to security issues). They 're now all included to 2.6! Only MPPE-support seems still to lack.They must have beaten up Linus to get all those accepted ...
Re:cygwin (Score:3, Insightful)
This is why we need a "funny" metamod option for all moderations: sometimes the moderation is funnier than the post.
Re:STILL waiting for... (Score:3, Insightful)
That said, the next redhat distro (Fedora Core 2) will use the 2.6 kernel and will be out in April or thereabouts. So, you will not need to wait for too long to get good support for your hardware.
Re:UML? (Score:1, Insightful)
Sometimes you are not permitted admin access even to the local system and Knoppix isn't permitted.
Well then I won't know a damn thing about using computers. Not even how to turn one on. I'll need lots of hand-holding and repeated step-by-step instructions. Probably better get me a Selectric. And where is the adding machine at?
Treat me like I don't know anything and I may bloody well act like I don't know anything. That'll teach you.
Re:Besides Debian, What distros have 2.6.x ? (Score:3, Insightful)
And on top of that, if noone uses it until 2.6.15 how will any of the bugs get found? The kernel developers have been using it since 2.5.x so they've probably found all the major bugs dealing with the hardware they all use, the testing base has to be widened to find the odd bugs and that's why 2.6.0 was released when it was.
Re:UML? (Score:2, Insightful)
Nothing is FACT. Only an agreed upon common observation that is reproducible can be coined the term, FACT.
When something is generally accepted or agreed upon it is then labeled a FACT.
However, that does not infer it as being TRUTH. And what I'm seeing here is one missing piece of this pie when it comes to developers.
Mac OS X:
How many J2EE Developers would prefer to develop on OS X versus Linux or worst of all, Windows?
Your comparison of IIS to Linux Server 7.0 is erroneous.
Compare IIS to a professional configured and strategically deployed Apache 2 Load Balanced Architecture.
Hey I can install OS X faster and guess what! IT WORKS as BILLED.
Give me Panther Server over Win2k 2003.
Can I install Debian flawlessly? or any other Linux Distro?
YES. The presumed assumption is that the Administrator is equally versed in OS X, Linux and Win2k.
Take a guess which system is the least enjoyable to Administer domains and/or update systems domain wide.
RedHat isn't the best OSS Web Server. RedHat isn't even a WebServer.
Compare it to Apache2 as I said above.
Observation:
The afformentioned individual is lacking in breadth of technical skills and is deeply embedded in depth alone of only one choice of platform--Win2k.
Useless Statistics.