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Linux 2.6.0

December 22nd, 2003 by Crusader

Version 2.6.0 of the venerable Linux kernel was released last week by LinusTorvalds. The changes since the last test tree can be perused here,but changes since 2.4.x is another matter entirely; the schedulerimprovements are probably the biggest changes that concern gamers in general.

A few words of caution: despite this release being marked as stable, there areusually always at least a few issues with a .0 kernel, so you may want to holdoff until at least 2.6.1, especially if you have only one machine. Moreover,there are changes in kernel build procedure from 2.4.x; there’s discussion inthis thread atthe Gentoo Forums for usersof that distribution. Feel free to share tips/tricks on moving to 2.6.0 in thecomments below as well, distribution-specific or no.

Linux 2.6.0 Full Source – [ kernel.org| Mirrors ]

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3 Responses to “Linux 2.6.0”

Says:
December 23rd, 2003 at 12:06 am
While the extremely cautious will probably wait a few iterations into 2.6 before upgrading, I just want to report that I’ve been using 2.6.0-test9, and now 2.6.0 since it’s release, and have had no problems whatsoever. Generally any bugs will be with uncommon (and therefore little tested) hardware, so for most people I would think 2.6.0 should be plenty stable.
Says:
December 23rd, 2003 at 1:33 pm
I only encountered one problem with 2.5.x, 2.6 test and 2.6 final: tribes2 has problems logging into servers, sometimes I get in but most of the time I get a time-out when trying to log in

This is probabaly something t2 related but it only occurs with the new kernel so t2 players should be ready for some problems (this occurs on multiple systems)
Says:
December 25th, 2003 at 6:31 pm
Been using the 2.6 test releases since test3 all the way through release, building a new kernel for nearly each bk patch.. that’s quite a few 2.6 kernels now. Using Redhat9 upgraded to Fedora devel and partial steps in between the 2.6 kernel has given me no serious trouble (other than naming changes in some modules which require init script changes / new aliases to load modules). If you follow a good guide on upgrading you’ll have no issues with the majority of hardware, of course be cautious if you have specific/odd driver needs. The performance is noticeable, especially when the preemptible kernel is enabled.

nvidia drivers require a patch, see http://www.minion.de

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