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Exciting Technologies Coming to Linux
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| The first half of 2009 is over and after your summer vacation, you might want
| to start gearing up for the new distro releases. Once again open source
| proved that developers collaborating all over the world deliver constant
| platform improvement. Let’s see what they have in store for us this time.
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http://www.internetling.com/2009/07/19/exciting-technologies-coming-to-linux/
Recent:
Linux 2.6.30's best five features
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| 1. Fast boot. Older versions of Linux spend a lot of time scanning for hard
| drives and other storage devices and then partitions on each of them. This
| eats up a lot of milliseconds because it looks for them one at a time. With
| the 2.6.30 boot-up, however, instead of waiting for this to get done the rest
| of the kernel continues to boot-up. At the same time, the storage devices are
| being checked in parallel, two or more at a time, to further improve the
| system's boot speed.
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| There are other efforts afoot to speed up Linux's boot times. The upshot of
| all this work will be to keep Linux the fastest booting operating system well
| into the future.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/linux_2_6_30s_best_five_features
Linux 2.6.30 gets new filesystems
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| The new NILFS2 treats the whole disk as a consecutive list of blocks
| (or "log"), and never rewrites blocks. As a result, all modifications and
| creations are converted into sequential operations, which are said to be
| faster. Other NILFS2 improvements are said to include the ability to offer a
| more coherent historical view of operations, called "continuus snapshotting,"
| enabling users to restore files that have been mistakenly destroyed only a
| few seconds previously.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7212048164.html?kc=rss
Torvalds proclaims 'new world order' with Linux 2.6.30
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| Linux kernel 2.6.30 has been released with hundreds of changes from the
| previous version, including a new architecture for suspend and resume which
| Linus Torvalds says switches the kernel to a "new world order".
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http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/06/10/torvalds-proclaims-new-world-order-linux-2-6-30
2.6.30 Kernel and Sidux
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| Sidux Linux, based on Debian Sid (the 'unstable' branch) and touted as
| being 'Debian Hot & Spicy!', has released their 2.6.30 kernel with a huge
| surprise.
|
| If you read around the web about the release of this new kernel, nearly every
| article discusses increased performance and a large number of new drivers for
| the 2.6.30 kernel release. But within Sidux, the kernel developer slh has
| decided to remove all non-Free (Libre) firmware from the Sidux kernels. The
| result is poor hardware performance within Sidux 2.6.30 kernels, at least
| thus far according to rants on the OFTC irc network on the #sidux and #smxi
| channels.
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http://gnuski.blogspot.com/2009/06/2630-kernel-and-sidux.html
Linux 2.6.30 Gets Faster Boot
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| The second Linux kernel of 2009 is now out, sporting a long list of
| improvements -- and at least one regression.
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| New filesystem support, security and driver improvements are all part of the
| new Linux 2.6.30 kernel release, although one of the most noticeable elements
| in the new release is the kernel inclusion of fastboot, an enhancement
| designed to speed startup for Linux-based systems.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3824421
Linux Kernel 2.6.30 released
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| After eight release candidates and a rather short development cycle, Linus
| Torvalds has released Linux version 2.6.30, dubbed "Man-Eating Seals of
| Antiquity". As with its predecessors on the main development line of Linux,
| it introduces a host of innovations.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Linux-Kernel-2-6-30-released--/news/113492
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