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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Monday 12 January 2009 12:36 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Linux 2.6.29-rc1
>>
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>>| The merge window is over, and while it is quite possible that I missed a
>>| few merge requests in the crazy week that is behind us, apart from those
>>| we should now have most of the bulk of 2.6.29 merged up. And now it's just
>>| a small matter of making sure it's all stable and ready to go.
>> `----
>>
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123163282323725&w=2
>>
>> The innovations of Linux 2.6.28
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The Ext4 file system leaves its main development phase and will soon be
>>| ripe for productive use. Major renovation work on the code for memory and
>>| disk management promises GPU speed increases and better scalability.
>>| Hundreds of new and revised drivers improve hardware compatibility
>>| significantly.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Kernel-Log-Higher-and-Further-The-innovations-of-Linux-2-6-28--/features/112299
>
> Thanks for the heads up. Getting to be time to compile a new kernel!
The next one is really good, because of btrfs (not just great for servers).
Vista 7 has the same kernel as Vista.
Mac OS X... well, I think they rely mostly on free labour, but they seem to
have realised that their file-system stinks, so they experiment with ZFS.
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~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | "The speed of time is one second per second"
http://Schestowitz.com | GNU is Not UNIX | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
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