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

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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 12 2020, @03:11AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 12 2020, @03:11AM (#957071)

    If you think you need something systemd doesn't provide, your requirements are wrong and you are trying to do something the wrong way.

    Ok, will it least get me to Reno? Will it keep me from getting drunk and marrying some transvestite in an Elvis Chapel?

  • (Score: 2) by DeVilla on Sunday February 16 2020, @12:30AM

    by DeVilla (5354) on Sunday February 16 2020, @12:30AM (#958639)

    Ok, will it least get me to Reno?

    Absolutely not. You should go to Atlantic City.

    Will it keep me from getting drunk and marrying some transvestite in an Elvis Chapel?

    Yes. It will be a Star Trek themed Chapel.