The Linux 3.7 Kernel Is Going To Be A Beast

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The Linux 3.7 Kernel Is Going To Be A Beast

The Linux 3.6 kernel isn't even one week old, but the Linux 3.7 kernel is already looking very exciting with enough changes for an open-source enthusiast to be giddy...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5OTU

[BO$$]

And we're stuck to 3.5 for another 6 months in Ubuntu...Yay.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Exactly who is stopping you from using PPA's?

[uid313]

Linux kernel 3.7 is great for ARM.

Personally, I would like to see the nouveau driver support Wayland.

And we're stuck to 3.5 for another 6 months in Ubuntu...Yay.

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

[d2kx]

And we're stuck to 3.5 for another 6 months in Ubuntu...Yay.

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

[freedam]

I love the clever comments of people using non-rolling distributions bitching about their distributions not being rolling...

[ulenrich]

smap - is it a cloud feature?

Enabling cloud service providers to be undeniable ethical to customers?

All left-over interventional kernel functions into user-virtual space are unmutable logged by journald?

[Pickup]

How many times I read this one? "the next kernel will boost your GPU" and, kernel after kernel, the performance is more or less the same, and the new incredible features will be "merged in the next version". Always the next. For years.
Why are you so sure the 3.7 will do the difference?

[halfmanhalfamazing]

I love the clever comments of people using non-rolling distributions bitching about their distributions not being rolling...

Why don't people set up separate /home partitions?

I've always done this, and from what I experience this whole "rolling distribution" vs "non-rolling distribution" is a nonsensical argument.

Format the / partition, and when the "new" operating system comes up after installation it inherits all of the prior settings that still reside in /home. It takes minutes to select the various apps I use, and the let the computer do all the work installing. Done. Now I'm on the "new" operating system, and it's a clean install which is good to do every now and then anyways.

What am I missing?

[renkin]

Why don't people set up separate /home partitions?

I've always done this, and from what I experience this whole "rolling distribution" vs "non-rolling distribution" is a nonsensical argument.

Format the / partition, and when the "new" operating system comes up after installation it inherits all of the prior settings that still reside in /home. It takes minutes to select the various apps I use, and the let the computer do all the work installing. Done. Now I'm on the "new" operating system, and it's a clean install which is good to do every now and then anyways.

What am I missing?

Some things you're missing is that:
1. Not all settings are stored in /home.. think /etc
2. Having to install a new OS every few months is not the same as continuously updating packages.