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Linux Kernel 2.6.32 Released 195

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 03, 2009 @11:04AM from the download-compile-reboot-repeat dept.

diegocg writes "Linus Torvalds has officially released the version 2.6.32 of the Linux kernel. New features include virtualization memory de-duplication, a rewrite of the writeback code faster and more scalable, many important Btrfs improvements and speedups, ATI R600/R700 3D and KMS support and other graphic improvements, a CFQ low latency mode, tracing improvements including a 'perf timechart' tool that tries to be a better bootchart, soft limits in the memory controller, support for the S+Core architecture, support for Intel Moorestown and its new firmware interface, run-time power management support, and many other improvements and new drivers. See the full changelog for more details."

Comment Not necessarily a patent trap (Score 1) 1008

by paladin217 on Saturday June 27, 2009 @06:21PM (#28498331) Attached to: Richard Stallman Says No To Mono

By MS helping to implement parts of Mono, they have, at a minimum, given up their rights to sue over those portions with which it helped. IANAL, but I have worked in the world of IP for a few years and from what I understand, MS has surrendered its rights to sue over those portions of Mono because of promissory estoppel. That is, since Mono was being implemented with help from MS, thereby giving the project its blessing to continue, MS has essentially given the developers of Mono a promise that it is OK for them to continue on.

What remains to be seen is whether or not MS would be allowed to sue for those portions of Mono that were implemented without help from MS. As usual, software development makes established IP law far more interesting to apply...

Comment Re:Why is this a bad thing? -Plate Cloning (Score 2, Interesting) 585

by paladin217 on Saturday February 14, 2009 @05:08PM (#26858503) Attached to: Automation May Make Toll Roads More Common

It has already been done.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/26/2632.asp

Comment Re:Easier than the iPhone (Score 1) 205

by rugatero on Saturday November 08, 2008 @04:26PM (#25689367) Attached to: Bug In Android Passes Keystrokes To Root Shell

I didn't suggest that they were in any way important - I was just being pedantic.

Comment Re:Tab (Score 1) 2362

by JambisJubilee on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @06:19PM (#25651389) Attached to: (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks?

If you don't have root access to modify /etc/hosts, you can always add a ip address/hostname pair to your ~/.bash_hostfile. The tab completion works as expected.

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