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Linux 3.3 released
- thenextcorner 15y agoThe changes include the merge of kernel code from the Android project.
- zmanji 15y agoDoes this mean that the entire Android userland will run on a vanilla 3.3 kernel?
- koeselitz 15y agoMaybe at some point, but this is just updating the kernel itself, not the system Google distributes as Android. That basically means the stuff that the Android developers have created to make Linux run on Android devices is being added to the mainline kernel. In other words, for the first time, you should be able to compile the mainline Linux kernel and boot it on an Android device. Here's a good overview of the change, why it took a while, and what shape it will take: https://lwn.net/Articles/472984/ https://lwn.net/Articles/472984/
- mrb 15y agoList of changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.3 http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.3
- jvm 15y agoYay! I think this includes the iMac headphone fix, so I can finally listen to my headphones at the office.
- augustl 15y agoudev related? I'm having an udev issue on my Thinkpad T420s where udev doesn't detect the trackpoint if the touchpad is enabled in BIOS. The people that work on udev must have very little hair on their heads, I can only begin to imagine the frustrations of incompabilities and bugs they have to deal with.
- indygreg2 15y agoIf they keep releasing new versions so rapidly, I may have to switch to Chrome^H^H^H^H^HWindows.
- kijin 15y ago> Chrome^H^H^H^H^HWindows CWindows? What's that?
- dredmorbius 15y agoI think they ship it out of Nashville.
- Tuna-Fish 15y agoThe Linux release cycle has been essentially stable with time-based releases 2-3 months apart for the past 8 years or so. So this shouldn't be all that surprising.
- rplnt 15y agoThey changed the numbering with the version 3 so while you are right, indygreg has a point too. We've lived with 2.6 for years and now they change the second most significant version pretty often. I've no feelings about it, just saying.
- Tuna-Fish 15y agoBut that has no actual effect whatsoever, and absolutely shouldn't have any difference as to whether you use the kernel or not. IMHO, they could have just as well dropped the 3. and just use a single integer to denominate new versions. What difference does it make whether it's kernel 3.3 or kernel 6?
- coob 15y agoAn engineer after my own heart, shipping a final release then buggering off on holiday so he can ignore any issues :)
- Porter_423 15y agoI was egarly waiting for this release.At last it comes----