Linux driver development project bears fruit
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| In a talk at today's FreedomHEC, the Linux device driver
| unconference, Kroah-Hartman said, "We have had 12 companies say
| 'yes please'." One resulting driver is already in the kernel,
| and five are in progress. About 80 people have signed up to
| help with drivers, and in an unusual twist for an open source
| project, not all are developers. Some volunteers are project
| managers.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/051807-linux-driver.html
Related:
Free Linux Driver Development!
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| Yes, that's right, the Linux kernel community is offering all
| companies free Linux driver development. No longer do you have
| to suffer through all of the different examples in the Linux
| Device Driver Kit, or pick through the thousands of example
| drivers in the Linux kernel source tree trying to determine
| which one is the closest to what you need to do.
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http://www.kroah.com/log/2007/01/29/#free_drivers
Meet the new Linux kernel: 2.6.21
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| It took longer than Linux creator Linus Torvalds would have liked,
| but the latest Linux kernel, version 2.6.21, has arrived. It brings
| many minor and major changes in how Linux handles process scheduling
| and time.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5286251174.html
Linux Hardware Management Prepares for Liftoff
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| We're almost to the point of genuine seamless no-muss no-fuss
| Plug-and-Play. There is still room for a bit of polish, and device
| support is always an uphill battle in this senselessly Windows-centric
| land of ours, but the progress in just a few years is stunning. 2.6.0
| was released on December 17, 2003, just a bit over three years ago.
| While poor old Vista was getting bogged down in endless meetings
| over minutiae like shutdown menu elements, the Linux kernel team was
| pounding pell-mell down the trail like a team of amped-up sled dogs.
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http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3675226
Is There Perfection in The Linux Kernel?
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| In a perfect world, you could compile a brand-new Linux kernel
| without the need for much configuration and without error.
|
| According to Linus Torvalds, the new 2.6.19 Linux kernel is such
| an entity.
|
| "It's one of those rare "perfect" kernels," Torvalds wrote in a
| Linux kernel mailing list posting announcing the new kernel.
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http://www.internetnews.com/article.php/3646456
WPA wireless "just works" in Ubuntu 7.04
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| Windows XP is normally thought to have great support for wireless
| networks. This is true for some networks, but many secure
| wireless networks require the user to perform multiple complex
| steps to configure the correct security and authentication
| settings. To see what I mean, just look at these instructions
| to connect to various University wireless networks.
|
| On the other hand, the Mac OS X interface looks very similar
| to Ubuntu 7.04. Just like Ubuntu, it will allow you to
| painlessly connect to secure wireless networks.
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http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/02/wpa-wireless-just-works-in-ubuntu-704.html
http://tinyurl.com/2df6gk
Ubuntu and wireless - now better than Windows!
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| For years, Linux has had a reputation of being notoriously bad for
| wireless access, whether through access points, ad-hoc, whatever.
| But the new KWirelessNetwork applet thats included in the new
| Kubuntu beta is just incredible.
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http://evolvedlight.co.uk/?p=20
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