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Linux 5.6 Is The Most Exciting Kernel In Years With So Many New Features

posted by Fnord666 on Monday February 10 2020, @07:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the lots-of-new-and-shiny dept.

spiraldancing writes:

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This kernel is simply huge: there is so many new and improved features with this particular release that it's mind-boggling. I'm having difficulty remembering such a time a kernel release was so large.

The quick summary of Linux 5.6 changes include: WireGuard, USB4, open-source NVIDIA RTX 2000 series support, AMD Pollock enablement, lots of new hardware support, a lot of file-system / storage work, multi-path TCP bits are finally going mainline, Year 2038 work beginning to wrap-up for 32-bit systems, the new AMD TEE driver for tapping the Secure Processor, the first signs of AMD Zen 3, better AMD Zen/Zen2 thermal and power reporting under Linux, at long last having an in-kernel SATA drive temperature for HWMON, and a lot of other kernel infrastructure improvements.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @08:24PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @08:24PM (#956501)

    Got the kernel compiling, went to watch a DVD, and the battery promptly died about an hour in. Crap.

    Who in their right mind compiles a Linux kernel and watches a DVD on a laptop that's on battery?

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday February 10 2020, @08:30PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 10 2020, @08:30PM (#956508) Journal

    I don't recall anyone claiming to be in their right mind. So you are making unwarranted assumptions. People who compile kernels in flight might not be like other people who don't. If compiling kernels was part of their job, maybe they even hack on that kernel? Who knows. I would probably be impressed too.

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    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @09:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @09:58PM (#956555)

      People who compile kernels in flight might not be like other people who don't. If compiling kernels was part of their job, maybe they even hack on that kernel?

      Maybe if they were a diversity hire. In 04, watching a DVD would have also used a lot of juice. newb error.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Snotnose on Tuesday February 11 2020, @12:42AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Tuesday February 11 2020, @12:42AM (#956627)

    A guy on an airplane who's never owned a laptop before, for one....

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 11 2020, @09:13AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 11 2020, @09:13AM (#956785)

    The alt-right.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday February 11 2020, @02:41PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 11 2020, @02:41PM (#956841) Journal

      Even on Linux, it's ctrl-alt-delete.

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