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- inactive, on 01/25/2008, -2/+73I just got done eating a pretzel.
- ssam, on 01/25/2008, -0/+69the most readable changelog is at
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_24
"2.6.24 includes CPU "group scheduling", memory fragmentation avoidance, tickless support for x86-64/ppc and other architectures, many new wireless drivers and a new wireless configuration interface, SPI/SDIO MMC support, USB authorization, per-device dirty memory thresholds, support for PID and network namespaces, support for static probe markers, read-only bind mounts, SELinux performance improvements, SATA link power management and port multiplier support, Large Receive Offload in network devices, memory hot-remove support, a new framework for controlling the idle processor power management, CIFS ACLs support, many new drivers and many other features and fixes." - techmaster, on 01/25/2008, -0/+45Pics or it didn't happen.
- sirhomer, on 01/25/2008, -0/+38This kernel brings a lot of changes (the changelog is HUGE), so maybe more Broadcom drivers. :)
- qwuinc, on 01/25/2008, -2/+38Or maybe Toshiba doesn't love Linux? :-P
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -3/+29I MUST UPGRADE EVEN IF I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT DOES OR IT PROBABLY CHANGES NOTHING TO MY PRACTICAL NEEDS.
- Tyr7BE, on 01/25/2008, -0/+23If you have to ask how to install it, chances are 99% that you don't want to try. You'd almost certainly notice no difference in your system, and you run the risk of hosing things if the install doesn't go to plan.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. - schestowitz, on 01/25/2008, -9/+30Ah, okay. Found it on the previous day (afternoon Pacific time):
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/24/407
"Date Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:17:19 -0800 (PST)
From Linus Torvalds
Subject Linux 2.6.24
The release is out there (both git trees and as tarballs/patches), and for
the next week many kernel developers will be at (or flying into/out of)
LCA in Melbourne, so let's hope it's a good one.
Nothing earth-shattering happened since -rc8, although the new set of ACPI
blacklist entries and some network driver updates makes the diffstat show
that there was more than the random sprinkling of one-liners all over the
tree.
But most of it really is one-liners, and mostly not very exciting ones at
that.
The appended shortlog is obviously just the changes from -rc8, if you want
the full ChangeLog (all 5.8MB of it) from 2.6.23 it's available in the
usual places.
Linus" - Giga, on 01/26/2008, -1/+21Or you could compile and learn something new and not have everything spoon fed to you. It is nice to have the option to be spoon fed, however it seems Phoof chose to compile and I don't see why anyone should talk them out of it...
- ConanTL, on 01/25/2008, -1/+21Real men solder together their own homebrew computers before writing their own OS.
- Porch, on 01/26/2008, -0/+19Screw the Apple Air. I want this kernel.
- hotfuzz, on 01/25/2008, -3/+22I love Linux but Linux doesn't love my Toshiba...lol
- ToadLeg, on 01/25/2008, -1/+17Here's the English version: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_24
- andycr512, on 01/25/2008, -1/+16Real men don't say what real men do.
- TiMMY8765, on 01/25/2008, -0/+15there is a new broadcom driver, b43. It is really just a continuation of the existing bcm43xx driver, but I noticed a huge performance improvement when I switched.
- lengau, on 01/25/2008, -0/+15Real men don't bitch because someone uses a different *nix.
- mjPayne, on 01/26/2008, -0/+15Good luck. Don't be afraid to experiment, your computer will NOT blow up. To naysayers: there's no substitute for experience.
- techmaster, on 01/25/2008, -2/+16Nobody likes toshiba. ;)
- inactive, on 01/25/2008, -0/+14While I agree, this isn't the place.
- technoredneck, on 01/25/2008, -2/+14Real men write their own OS.
- CptnObvious, on 01/25/2008, -0/+11Now to find some power consumption comparisons to find out how soon I will feel compelled to throw this on my laptop..
- sirhomer, on 01/25/2008, -0/+11Hooray @ "many new wireless drivers" and "tickless support for x86-64"
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+11you cant compare apples to GOLDEN BANANAS
- thecheatah, on 01/25/2008, -4/+15dont worry about it, it will show up in your package manager as an update sooner or later.
- baalzebub, on 01/25/2008, -11/+21Linux gnu 2.6.24 #1 Fri Jan 25 07:43:00 CST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
just built it - pcghost, on 01/25/2008, -0/+10While I whole heartedly agree with your proclamation, I must ask... Did you read the title of the page before clicking post?? Somehow I think not.
LINUX FTW!!! See that is slightly more relevant to the conversation, albeit not much. - Wyzard, on 01/25/2008, -0/+9Because it's news, and it's relevant to many people, even if you're not one of them.
- MattBD, on 01/25/2008, -1/+10If you're running Gutsy, you'll have to compile it yourself. But this kernel will be in Hardy Heron, due in April. You don't generally get new versions of the kernel (at least not in Ubuntu) come through in the package manager as far as I know, unless you upgrade when a new version of the distro comes out - personally I find it better to do a fresh install.
Best thing to do is just wait for Hardy Heron and install that, as that will have this kernel by default. - FLarsen, on 01/26/2008, -1/+8If it ain't perfect, improve it.
You'd probably want to know what you're doing though, before trying something new. - lengau, on 01/25/2008, -0/+7Real men know how to use time wisely. Real men let their computers compile a new kernel, latest X.org, and a couple of other apps while they're screwing.
- UnWeave, on 01/25/2008, -0/+6*affect
- qwuinc, on 01/25/2008, -0/+6My personal favourite is read-only bind mounts. Chroot users should find this nifty :)
- GMorgan, on 01/25/2008, -0/+6This is a major release. If you mean 2.8.x, there are no plans for such a thing. Right now the 2.6 branch just undergoes any changes that are needed, there have been major architecture changes in the 2.6 line and will be again in the future. 2.8 will only occur if just about everything needs changing.
The problem with the old system is that things used to move far too slowly (it had a 'done when it's done' tendency). We've seen Linux take off far more since 2.6 and a more iterative scheme has taken over. - ConanTL, on 01/25/2008, -1/+7Dammit, I just compiled a kernel yesterday :) Bad timing on my behalf, I guess.
Well, here it goes again.
- limaunion, on 01/26/2008, -2/+8Running flawlessly here:
$ uname -a
Linux debian1 2.6.24-r1 #1 SMP Thu Jan 24 22:44:38 ARST 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ uptime
23:39:26 up 1 day, 50 min, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.13, 0.10
Thanks Linus & rest of kernel developers !!! - jonesin, on 01/25/2008, -0/+5that SATA link power management addition to the kernel is going to be kickass
- GMorgan, on 01/25/2008, -1/+6Digg is slow enough without you adding stack blowing recursion to the mix.
- voyvf, on 01/26/2008, -0/+5I have to disagree with solarwind24, in that I think the best time to start compiling kernels is when you're new to Linux. That way, if you do choose to use a binary distro, you have a better idea of how everything works, and if something *does* break, you have a better chance of being able to troubleshoot and fix it.
That said, there's no reason why one can't use Ubuntu and still retain the option to compile. It's my favorite distro at work for that very reason - I don't *have* to compile everything, and thus can do my job. Since that job doesn't involve xorg development, I don't bother to compile xorg. (at work; at home is a different scenario (: ) - davidrools, on 01/25/2008, -1/+6sweet! i can't wait.
- fucter, on 01/25/2008, -0/+5hauppage wintv hvr-1800 support is included me thinks, which is way sexy btw
- ninja0, on 01/26/2008, -0/+4I completely agree. just for the sake of having it, or saying you do.
- marybaboo, on 01/25/2008, -1/+5Sweet! This call for some free Linux Stickers! http://www.tinyduck.com/quack/Linux_Stickers
- bioskope, on 01/25/2008, -1/+5The full changelog if you want a deeper understanding about the changes
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/Change ... - baalzebub, on 01/27/2008, -0/+4FreeBSD makes a great server, but as a desktop/workstation that handles many various peripherals FreeBSD is halfassed at best, i would stick with Linux as an alternative to windows...
- eFiniTi, on 01/26/2008, -0/+4Umm, not sure why people are digging up thecheatah because you're not going to see 2.6.24 on gutsy as an update. It will come as a distro upgrade when hardy comes out or you can compile it yourself. Gutsy will keep the 2.6.22 kernel and the only kernel updates will stay within 2.6.22-xx range. This is the way it has always been..
- deroderugridder, on 01/25/2008, -1/+5thank you for pointing out this site.
- carl0ski, on 01/25/2008, -1/+4My Toshiba Tecra A7 with Ubuntu Hardy (8.04 beta) already has 2.6.24 RC
the mirrors now no doubt has the final already :) - known, on 01/26/2008, -0/+3Who should decide whether a piece of code run in USER space or KERNEL space?
- MrTea, on 01/26/2008, -0/+3Wait until the next release?
- metaph3r, on 01/26/2008, -0/+3My soundcard also did not work after the kernel update. It seems that alsa is using new identifiers or something. You have to set a new default. With 'asoundconf list' you get a list of your soundcards and with 'asoundconf set-default-card ' you can set a new default.
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