News Category: Linux Kernel
Phoronix | September 30, 2009
AMD R600/700 2D Performance: Open vs. Closed Drivers
Article Source PhoronixSeptember 30, 2009, 12:00 am
While the ATI Radeon HD 5800 graphics cards were introduced last week, the open-source support for the Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 series is finally maturing. The Linux 2.6.32 kernel will feature kernel mode-setting support for these ATI R600/...
Read 0 Comments
Phoronix | September 28, 2009
NVIDIA Publicly Releases Its OpenCL Linux Drivers
Article Source PhoronixSeptember 28, 2009, 12:34 pm
It's been no secret that NVIDIA has been working on an OpenCL Linux driver for their graphics processors just as AMD has been doing, but up until now their beta drivers were only available to registered NVIDIA developers. Today though -- on...
Read 0 Comments
Linus Torvalds | September 27, 2009
Linux 2.6.32-rc1 Released
It's been two weeks (and then some - but with last week being LinuxCon and Plumbers conf I extended it by a few days), and as usual that means that the merge window is all over and done with. 2.6.32-rc1 is out, so give it a whirl.
What can I say? 67% drivers (the bulk of which is from 'staging',...
Read 0 Comments
The H | September 23, 2009
Linux via the Internet with boot.kernel.org
Article Source The HSeptember 23, 2009, 7:36 am
boot.kernel.org (BKO) offers another possibility for Linux users to boot the free operating system via the internet. Still in its early days, the project allows Linux systems to be started via HTTP. Clients only require a broadband internet...
Read 0 Comments
internetnews.com | September 22, 2009
Torvalds Warns Linux Is Getting Bloated
Article Source internetnews.com
As the Linux kernel is becoming increasingly larger and more complex, Linux founder Linus Torvalds says his job is getting easier. Speaking on a panel at the LinuxCon conference, Torvalds told the audience that kernel development model is working better now than...
Read 0 Comments
InformationWeek | September 22, 2009
Linux And The 'B' Word: Bloat
Article Source InformationWeek's Open Source WeblogSeptember 22, 2009, 9:56 am
If Linus Torvalds himself is saying that the Linux kernel is bloated, something's wrong. Or is it just a matter of expectations and perspective?
The ZDNet / Adrian Kingsley-Hughes blog post that relates Linus's...
Read 0 Comments
Brian Proffitt | September 21, 2009
LinuxCon Roundtable: Kernel's Future Still Bright
An all-star line-up of Linux kernel developers met with a packed room of Linux users and developers this afternoon at LinuxCon, to give their take on what's right--and what's wrong--with the Linux kernel today.
The panel's members, Jon Corbet of LWN.net, Chris Wright from Red Hat, IBM's Ted Ts'o,...
Read 0 Comments
ComputerWorld | September 14, 2009
Linux 2.6.31's Best Five Features
Article Source Cyber CynicSeptember 14, 2009, 9:19 am
Most of the recent improvements to the Linux kernel have been for server users. But in the latest release, Linux 2.6.31, most of the best goodies are for Linux desktop users. Here's my list of the top five improvements.
1) USB 3 Support....
Read 0 Comments
ComputerWorld | September 10, 2009
Linux Driver Chief Calls Out Microsoft Over Its Driver Code Submission
Article Source ComputerWorldSeptember 10, 2009, 3:05 pm
After a kick in the pants from the leader of the Linux driver project, Microsoft has resumed work on its historic driver code submission to the Linux kernel and avoided having the code pulled from the open-source operating system....
Read 0 Comments
Linus Torvalds | September 9, 2009
Linux 2.6.31 Released
Ok, there's just a few final commits since -rc9 to fix a couple of last regressions and problems, and now the final 2.6.31 is out there. The small diffstat and shortlog is below, the full log and diff from 2.6.30 are being uploaded to kernel.org (and then mirrored out) as I write this. In general...
Read 0 Comments