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« on: 30 December 2003, 12:41 »
Why didn't someone post and tell me? The new kernel is here!!!!!!!

http://www.kernel.org
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« Reply #1 on: 30 December 2003, 22:38 »
features include support for Hyperthreading, serial ATA, and CDRW drives are no longer virtual SCSI devices, but actual IDE devices. Also ALSA has replaced the dated OSS, and Digital Video Broadcasting support is built in. There are so many new useful features. Read about them here.

http://kniggit.net/wwol26.html
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« Reply #2 on: 31 December 2003, 06:15 »
I cant believe none of you linux folk are interested in this.
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« Reply #3 on: 31 December 2003, 07:02 »
Ill start using 2.6 when 2.8's out.

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« Reply #4 on: 31 December 2003, 11:21 »
I tried compiling some on my Slackware 9.1.  It's 2.6 ready apparently...

Refuses to mount my swap, ALSA doesn't work, even OSS won't load right.  :mad:

Guess I'm stuck with 2.4.22  :(
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« Reply #5 on: 31 December 2003, 12:31 »
Some of us already have it installed.  

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« Reply #6 on: 31 December 2003, 14:58 »
LOL! I posted this at promote-opensource.org on December the 18th. Here is the link:

http://promote-opensource.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=450

In any case, I think it is just a little early for the 2.6 branch of the Linux kernel. I am sure though, that bugs and holes will be discovered soon, will be squashed and closed  

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« Reply #7 on: 31 December 2003, 19:28 »
I've been following news and stuff on the kernel, and the day I leave a constant high-speed internet connection (Home for XMas)  Linus releases the latest kernel.  So I haven't really had the connection to download it and give it a try.  
(Me and my friends even had a release party :-D )

2.6, from what I've read, has some very significant performance improvements, and it has been ported to additional platforms.  Much more hardware has been added.  The merging of ALSA drivers into the Linux kernel is exciting b/c it allows for more professional multimedia stuff.  I agree that stopping development on 2.4 is probably a bad idea, considering production systems will probably continue to use 2.4 until 2.6's stability has been proven.

As far as the performance goes, here's what I've read:

NPTL (Native POSIX Threading Library--This has been included in the RH distro since RH 9, and according to benchmarks run by its creator, the new library can create/kill 100,000 threads in about 2 seconds, as opposed to the old I/O library where it took 15 minutes to complete such a task.

The O(1) task scheduler is significant.  For you not CS types out there, this means that it doesn't matter how many different tasks you are running, the kernel can scheulde at a constant rate, basically eliminating some scheduling bottle necks that can slow down the system.

I say that this is a very significant move towards using Linux on the Desktop and increasing its hold on the server market.  I say this kernel will give M$ some trouble once it has stood the test of time, which may be only a few months.
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« Reply #8 on: 31 December 2003, 22:40 »
quote:
Originally posted by Panos:
LOL! I posted this at promote-opensource.org on December the 18th. Here is the link:

http://promote-opensource.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=450



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« Reply #9 on: 6 January 2004, 21:09 »
god I'm still a n00b...so how would I compile this kernel into a Linux distro (assuming I switched to a 2.6 ready one)
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« Reply #10 on: 6 January 2004, 14:03 »
READ THE FAQ!!!

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« Reply #11 on: 6 January 2004, 20:04 »
quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:
READ THE FAQ!!!


The FAQ is WRONG!  
It was never updated for 2.6.x, want me to do it?
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« Reply #12 on: 6 January 2004, 23:08 »
i could have swore an announcement about 2.6 was posted... but a search finds nothing
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« Reply #13 on: 6 January 2004, 23:25 »
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Originally posted by The Master of Reality / Bob:
i could have swore an announcement about 2.6 was posted... but a search finds nothing


Don't trust yourself, you suck.

PS come onto AIM/MSN/YIM/ICQ whatever.
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« Reply #14 on: 7 January 2004, 02:55 »
Tux, MSN me (or AIM, whatever you use) if you feel the need to update the FAQ (or add to it).