kernels

Transgaming has released Cedega 5.0 today. "TransGaming is very excited about the introduction of the new Cedega scheduler which allows for better control over processes and threads under the Linux 2.6 kernels.

Updated the standard kernels to Linux 2.6.26.7 with Reiser4; updated the alternative kernels to Linux 2.6.26.7 with Reiser4; updated the speakup kernel modules; updated TrueCrypt to 6.0a; updated NTFS-3G to ...

An updated release of SystemRescueCd, version 1.1.1, is out: From the changelog: "Updated the standard kernels to Linux 2.6.26.7 with Reiser4; updated the alternative kernels to Linux 2.6.26.7 with Reiser4; updated the speakup kernel modules; updated TrueCrypt (encryption program) to 6.0a; updated NTFS-3G to 1.5012 (NTFS full read-write....

Linux Tips & Tricks for Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Users

The 2.6.25.19, 2.6.26.7, and 2.6.27.3 stable kernel updates are out; each contains about a dozen important fixes.

It seems that 2.6.25 and 2.6.26 will probably only get one more stable update after this, so users of mainline kernels are being encouraged to move forward to 2.6.27.

Kexec is a feature that allows to boot kernels from a working kernel. It was originally intended for use by kernel and system developers who had to reboot several times a day.

Substantial release notes, including support for new cards as well as support for the latest 2.6 kernels.

Yes, sometimes, bad things can happen in Linux too. Here's the latest major bug. It exists only in test Linux distributions using the 2.6.27 pre-release kernels.

The current NVIDIA Linux graphics driver releases (71.86.04, 96.43.05, 169.12 and 171.06) can not be installed on systems using Linux 2.6.25 kernels without prior modification.

Well, it looks like the good times that are the Ubuntu alpha testing process hit a bit of a snag recently, as one of the latest kernels apparently had the nasty side effect of irreparably damaging some users' hardware -- specifically, certain Intel network cards.