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phoronix
01-17-2009, 01:10 PM
Phoronix: Linux 2.6.29-rc2 Kernel Released

Linus Torvalds has announced the second release candidate for the forthcoming Linux 2.6.29 kernel. Linux 2.6.29-rc2 has a (late) MIPS architecture update, new hardware drivers, firmware updates, and a variety of regression fixes. The Linux 2.6.29-rc2 kernel announcement can be read at LKML.org...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=NzAwMg

Louise
01-17-2009, 08:52 PM
I can't wait to try out btrfs, but am I the only one that think that btrfs sounds like "butterface"?

Doesn't really sound like a technology I wanted to use in an enterprise environment.

Culex
01-18-2009, 06:00 AM
I can't wait to try out btrfs, but am I the only one that think that btrfs sounds like "butterface"?

Doesn't really sound like a technology I wanted to use in an enterprise environment.

I always read it as "better-fs". I have also seen it mentioned as "b-tree-fs".

Kano
01-18-2009, 11:52 AM
At least the rt2860/rt2870 drivers are now in mainline. It would be nice when all wlan devices would work out of the box. Btw. you can easyly use those 2 drivers with a simple backport to 2.6.28.

some-guy
01-18-2009, 07:23 PM
I think it's called butter-fs