Say Hello To Linux 3.0

Phorinx ^ | May 29, 2011 | Michael Larabel

[zeugma]

Yeah, this is only news that Linux nerds would care about, but I figured there were enough Freeper nerds who'd be interested.

3.0 is apparently not going to be a major change. Seems like we're moving from 2.6.x to 3.0.0 pretty much just because Linus wants to. I'm fine with it, given that there really has been a lot of change in the Linux kernel in the years since the 2.6 series started. There's also an article at Slashdot (of course). Some of the comments are even funny.

Mods, feel free to move to blogs or whatever if you want.

[zeugma]

I hate to post and run, but I’m about to hop on my Sportster and blow through a few tanks of gas this beautiful memorial day. God bless our soldiers, past, present, and future.

[Red Badger]

Ping!.......

[KoRn]

Please don’t use the term “Nerd”. The word “Geek” is far more complementary.

[Myrddin]

Just updated two Dell laptops from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15. The Dell 820
has the Broadcom BCM4312 based wireless mini_PCI...fails. The
Dell D630 has the IntelPRO card...no problem. Not thrilled with the
Gnome 3.0 change. The D820 has to run crippled with an external
Ethernet to 802.11b/g gaming adapter until I can fix the wireless drivers.
Annoying.

The switch to the 3.0 kernel numbering will impact folks who carefully
script installs against kernel version. Another time burner for no net
gain in features.

[jrushing]

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"The word “Geek” is far more complementary."

[Magic Fingers]

“Just updated two Dell laptops from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15. The Dell 820 has the Broadcom BCM4312 based wireless mini_PCI...fails. The Dell D630 has the IntelPRO card...no problem. Not thrilled with the Gnome 3.0 change. The D820 has to run crippled with an external Ethernet to 802.11b/g gaming adapter until I can fix the wireless drivers.Annoying.

The switch to the 3.0 kernel numbering will impact folks who carefully script installs against kernel version. Another time burner for no net gain in features.”

I just turned on my Dell w/Windows 7 and it worked. No time burned ;-).

[martin_fierro]

Don't wanna hafta upgrade my Ubuntu 10.4 LTS! DON'T WANNA!

< /drama >

But seriesly, the one tip I've found for dramatically speeding up Ubuntu's (and probably other Linux distros') performance was to reduce "swappiness" from the default 60 to 10

[2111USMC]

The least he could have done is put the new KDE-4 or Gnome-3 face on it.

A new version should offer the user at least something different.

JMHO

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The least he could have done is put the new KDE-4 or Gnome-3 face on it.

You're talking applications. They kernel is code that all the applications run on.

[NeverForgetBataan]

Thanks for the updater.

I still use windows primarily, but I fire up any of my several Linux live CDs on a regular basis to perform certain
tasks.

They are like handy little swiss pocket knives. I have Kaspersky Antivirus in a Linux bootable CD. It goes out and
updates the virus signaures too, before it scans.

It has saved me from rootkits a few times.

[Myrddin]

I'm running very old Dell laptops that were headed for the recycler. The price was right (free). The initial loads of Fedora 14 installed and ran perfectly. Many months of worry free operation. It was my rush to move to Fedora 15 that shot me in the foot.

I can assure you that I've wasted many more hours helping people with Win 7 problems. Definitely a time burner. The D820 isn't even supported by Dell for Win 7.

[Magic Fingers]

I’m running a newish Dell and I have had zero hours OS-related down time (a hard drive crapped out, though), although I do little more than surf/email/upload/download music

[avg_freeper]

Here's a question:

I've found a distro I really like: CrunchBang. I've ran it from a USB flash drive and I'm pretty happy with the responsiveness of Openbox.

But, I have a netbook with no optical drive. I can't figure out how to partition and install from the USB drive.

I have "Windows 7 Starter" with the hard drive not partitioned. I'd like to partition the drive and install CrunchBang on the other partition.

Can this even be done if I don't have an optical drive? I'd love any suggestions at this point.

[fremont_steve]

I take huge offense being called a geek. I do NOT bite chicken heads off! nerd is the much preferred term.

[2111USMC]

Yes, I understand that.

Please correct me if I’m wrong (I’m still new to Linux), but isn’t KDE and Gnome simply the interface layer? In other words the desktop atmosphere, etc.?

As far as the kernel, it sounds like he only made driver upgrades and a few other tweaks.

[Myrddin]

KDE and Gnome are X Windows based GUI interfaces. This change impacts the operating system kernel. When new releases of Linux arrive, they are often packed with lots of new features. Some are in the kernel, some are visible to the end user.

[ShadowAce]

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Nice post.