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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:

www.phoronix.com

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) by Gaaark on Tuesday February 11 2020, @12:00AM (2 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday February 11 2020, @12:00AM (#956610) Journal

    "A complete OS has an uncompromised full desktop API. Linux is still stuck in the past."

    A real OS isn't compromised easily. Windows is still a crypto-hackers dream TODAY.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 11 2020, @01:24AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 11 2020, @01:24AM (#956646)

    A real OS isn't compromised easily. Windows is still a crypto-hackers dream TODAY.
    You do realize what all of those compromised IoT devices are written to right?

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Tuesday February 11 2020, @03:58AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday February 11 2020, @03:58AM (#956712) Journal

      You do realize that the most secure OS in the hands of an idiot is less secure, right?

      But Windows is a security nightmare OOTB.

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