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Patch: Linux 2.6.22-rc7

Once more before the storm. The stable patch storm, anyway.

Ok, Linux-2.6.22-rc7 is out there. It's hopefully (almost certainly) the last -rc before the final 2.6.22 release, and we should be in pretty good shape. The flow of patches has...

Patch: Linux v2.6.22-rc6 (’knock wood’ edition)

The headline says it all, plus a little bit more. A new stable patch is out for the kernel.

I'm happy to say that things seem to have calmed down after -rc5, and that most of this really is just bugfixes and regression fixing in...

GPL mudslinging, flame war have no effect on Linux kernel schedule

The chippy Linus Torvalds was at it again today, but not in the way you might think given all of the back and forth over the GPL these past few weeks. Instead, Torvalds was hitting up the Linux Kernel Mailing List with news that Linux v2.6.22-rc5 is now...

A short history of Linux

IBM DeveloperWorks is running an in-depth look at the inner working of the Linux kernel today, so all you Windows admins who sneak over here to SearchEnterpriseLinux.com on your lunch breaks should go check it out....

Linux: 2.6.21 Kernel Released

The latest stable release of the Linux kernel has been released into the wild:

If the goal for 2.6.20 was to be a stable release (and it was), the goal for 2.6.21 is to have just survived the big timer-related...

Linux kernel to include VMI

eWEEK is reporting that the next stable release of the Linux kernel, version 2.6.21, will include a new feature submitted by VMware Inc. called VMI, or Virtual Machine Interface.

The...