Linux 2.6.27 Out

diegocgteleline.es writes "Linux 2.6.27 has been released. It adds a new filesystem (UBIFS) for 'pure' flash-based storage, the page-cache is now lockless, much improved Direct I/O scalability and performance, delayed allocation support for ext4, multiqueue networking, data integrity support in the block layer, a function tracer, a mmio tracer, sysprof support, improved webcam support, support for the Intel wifi 5000 series and RTL8187B network cards, a new ath9k driver for the Atheros AR5008 and AR9001 chipsets, more new drivers, and many other improvements and fixes. Full list of changes can be found here."

Linux 2.6.27 Out

[grub]

Linux 2.6.27 is out, OpenBSD 4.4 is in!

Barely on v.2.6.27? Sheesh, Windows way past that.

[Anonymous Coward]

Last I saw they were on version Windows 2000. The Linux is never gonna catch up!

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[AJWM]

I've got some, what do you want moderated?

Oh, wait...

Re:Barely on v.2.6.27? Sheesh, Windows way past th

[Tubal-Cain]

what number is Vista?

666

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[baeksu]

Not to worry, I can help!

No, wait...crap.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[Tubal-Cain]

may I suggest Ubuntu 8.10 [ubuntu.com]?

You have my permission.

Huh???

[twistah]

LOL, 2.6?? We already have 9.0 here in the office.

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, he can use my mod points because I'm posting AC. Now if only I had a Slashdot account...

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[jd]

One of these days, the admins should give Anonymous Coward some mod points.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[martin-boundary]

Not so fast. Has he signed form WQ-37 and initialed C12-B first?

Re:Change naming scheme

[jd]

Well, they can't release a 2.7, as SCO has already declared that that's the kernel that has the proprietary code in it. (Y'see, the Master, who cunningly disguised his alien identity by calling himself Darl, made an error in the time calculations and ended up traveling back in time too many years. Now's our chance to really screw up the space/time continuum.)

Re:Current Limiting?

[jd]

Here's a thought. If they're using Gentoo on a 386SX, using the -git kernel tree, and having it auto-rebuild whenever there's a change, they'd never actually get far enough in recompiling to ever be able to boot up a new kernel.

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[fpophoto]

One of these days, the admins should give Anonymous Coward some mod points.

Mod parent up!

If nothing else, it would just totally blow the AC's mind when he cruised by here. "WTF? Mod points?"

Re:Huh???

[jd]

Your office is in the Panoptican Library on Gallifrey? Wasn't that destroyed in the Time War?

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[Anonymous Coward]

One of these days, I'm going to chop you into little pieces.

Re:Did Bill Gates pay Shuttleworth to create Ubunt

[jd]

If there were viruses on VMS (well, other than via DCL scripting in e-mail subject lines), I guess we'd be calling them SYS$kits.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[WK2]

Although, I guess they [Debian] made the decision for 2.6.26 before they realised that a September release would be an impossible target.

Yeah. Nobody could have predicted that a Debian release would be late.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[martinw89]

No, he's only filed a TPS report. He also missed that memo we all got.

Re:Huh???

[Max Littlemore]

We already have 9.0 here in the office.

That's pretty old now, and was crappy at the time. You really should look at upgrading to OSX. The discussion at hand is about Linux kernels though.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe you have my stapler?

Re:Huh???

[Max Littlemore]

Wasn't that destroyed in the Time War?

That is will been destroyed in the time war. So nothing is stopped him from about to post that.

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[RLiegh]

One of these days, Coward -POW, right in the kisser!

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[Anonymous Coward]

Debian never paid much attention to desktop features, may I suggest Ubuntu 8.10 [ubuntu.com]?

No you may not. We are aware of that distro and have rejected it. We like Debian and use Debian. It is the best desktop system as far as I am concerned.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[Tubal-Cain]

I think he is referring to the lack of polish that Ubuntu has.

s/Ubuntu/Debian/g

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[ModernGeek]

sad part is i just pre-ordered the openbsd 4.4 cd set... hah. im not sure if i should be proud or ashamed.

then again, i sometimes think im the last of the right-os-for-the-job heretics... openbsd on my firewall. solaris (with zfs) on my fileserver... mac os x on my main desktop... (i dabble in photoshop and video.. mostly failed fark contests. ha) and windows vista on my macbook pro (along side of os x of course)... because i do a lot of autocad/solidworks stuff on the side. my webserver runs gentoo..

i guess you could call me a glutton for punishment.

I am very impressed, your defenses on why you use what you do for your computing needs have foiled my plan to call you a fanboy/newb. It is like you already saw the attacks coming, and preemptively shot them down. You sir, have won three internets.

Re:Thank you Linus.

[__aardcx5948]

How much of the code is from Linus himself nowadays? I thought he mostly reviewed/rejected patches, and occasionally, once every to or so years, accepted a patch or two. ;-)

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[hdparm]

No, that would be Sun Microsystems.

MOD GP DOWN

[Almahtar]

Because I wrote the comment for heaven's sake, and it was meant to be funny not insightful.

Hell I can't figure out why it could be seen as insightful.

Re:This is a huge amount of work

[Profane MuthaFucka]

But you can only waste time on Slashdot if you *both* agree to cover for each other. This is an unacceptable solution.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[kv9]

So? Download and build your own kernel..

Or get Windows or Mac and never have to hear that.

I bet you buy your LEGO preassembled too.

atheros is in, excellent

[paniq]

i've been running my girlfriends new laptop on ndiswrapper drivers for the past year because so far they have been the most painless. it's great to see the new atheros drivers integrated.

it seems these days it doesn't take long until a new driver finds its way into the kernel, and i'm not being sarcastic. one year between obscure hardware release and driver in kernel is fine.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[Anonymous Coward]

I think he is referring to the lack of polish that Ubuntu has.

If you're *that* hung up about a polish language version of Ubuntu, you can do it yourself you know :-)

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[alexhs]

s/Ubuntu/Debian/g

gives

I think he is referring to the lack of polish that Debian has. I find Debian's default Gnome desktop atrocious. I prefer their KDE or their base install. Debian, on the other hand, does a very good job with Gnome while Kubuntu lags.

I think you meant s/Ubuntu/Debian/ , only first occurence replaced, not all. Using v to only select

I think he is referring to the lack of polish that Ubuntu has.

is cheating, no real hacker uses vim-specific features ;)

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[jamesh]

He got the memo, he just forgot.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[Anonymous Coward]

How do I install this 'kernal' with Synaptic?

Re:Huh???

[meringuoid]

That is will been destroyed in the time war. So nothing is stopped him from about to post that.

Dr. Dan Streetmentioner would like to interview you for a book on tense formations which he wioll haven been writing.

I out source

[Freaky Spook]

I bet you buy your LEGO preassembled too.

I actually pay a LCSE(Lego Certified Systems Engineer) $150 per hour to assemble mine for me, its the only way to be sure.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[Anonymous Coward]

Score:4, Informative?

Christ.

Re:Thank you Linus.

[caluml]

I reckon I could reject hundreds of patches a day. Probably even more, if I wrote a script.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[serviscope_minor]

a nice splash screen when I didn't feel like reading the boot log

You could try using the "off switch" hardware feature present in most monitors for the duration of the boot. It's been supported since kernel 1.0.3, so no recimpile is needed.

As a workaround if there is a bug, you could try rotating yourself 180 degrees about a vertical axis temporarily.

Re:Building your own kernel these days ain't easy

[Godji]

You're looking for an attractive single woman that is also an OpenBSD core developer and would be willing to mate with a Gentoo core developer. And you're looking for her on Slashdot.

Good luck with that. :)

Re:Linux 2.6.27 Out

[eln]

"Masturbating monkey" is what comes to mind.

Which, coincidentally, is the name of an upcoming Ubuntu release.

Re:Not in upcoming Debian

[Blakey Rat]

I always found it annoying, under Windows, to have to hunt down drivers.

When's the last version of Windows you used?

I've never bothered to hunt down a driver in XP or Vista, except for upgrading video card drivers. (Windows will do that automatically, but only to stripped-down versions without gaming features.) Joysticks, webcams, scanners, USB keys... everything's automatic and has been for awhile.