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Mar 31, 2009Linus Torvalds Upset over Ext3 and Ext4
Mar 30, 2009Linus Torvalds, Ted Ts'o, Alan Cox, Ingo Molnar, Andrew Morton and other Linux kernel developers are embroiled in a contentious discussion over the sense -- or nonsense -- of journaling and delayed allocation before a commit in the ext3 and ext4 filesystems. Heavy words are flying.
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Mar 29, 2009more »
Video Interview with Kernel Developer Peter Anvin
Mar 26, 2009
Bootloader Syslinux developer Peter Anvin, since 1992 kernel developer, gives an insight into his work.
more »Kernel 2.6.29 Arrives: Btrfs, Fastboot, WiMAX and Mode Setting
Mar 24, 2009Kernel 2.6.29 has arrived and brings with it a string of new features. We're presenting some of them and describe what to make of them.
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Mar 22, 2009more »
New Kernel Firewall Nftables to Succeed Netfilter
Mar 20, 2009The Netfilter team has long been mulling over rework of firewall code in the Linux kernel. Now team lead Patrick McHardy ends months of work by announcing nftables.
more »Tasmanian Devil Mascot for Kernel 2.6.29
Mar 18, 2009Linus Torvalds announced at the Australian Linux.conf.au that he wants to make the conference mascot, the Tasmanian Devil (considering that the conference took place in Hobart, Tasmania) the new logo for Linux Kernel 2.6.29.
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