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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
| Time |
Event |
| 2:09p |
The 3.7 kernel is out Linus has released the 3.7 kernel. " Anyway, it's been a somewhat drawn out release despite the 3.7 merge
window having otherwise appeared pretty straightforward, and none of
the rc's were all that big either. But we're done, and this means that
the merge window will close on Christmas eve." Of course, "drawn out" is a relative term; at 72 days, this cycle is only a few days above average in length. Headline features in this kernel include 64-bit
ARM support, improved security with supervisor-mode access prevention, SMB 2.1 support, server-side TCP fast
open support, signed kernel modules, and more. See the
KernelNewbies 3.7 page for details. | | 2:44p |
Slax 7.0 released Version 7.0 of the Slax distribution has been released. " Slax 7.0 is the major update of Slax Linux live operating system. It
includes newest Linux Kernel, KDE4 desktop, GCC compiler and lots of other
stuff and that all in just a ~210MB download. Furthermore it's available in
more than 50 localizations, so you can get a Slax that speaks your
language." | | 2:48p |
Schulz: OpenMandriva takes off Charles H. Schulz marks
the official launch of the OpenMandriva Association. " It is not
everyday you see an example of a community who gains its independence with
the blessing and dedication of its former steward. But I probably would not
be writing these lines if I hadn’t witnessed what it takes to fulfill this
kind of commitment. The OpenMandriva project, foundation, community,
association is taking off. The best is yet to come. But just like with
every FOSS project out there, and especially Linux distributions, the
community will have to strive to prove it can bring its longstanding
promise: to deliver an innovative, user-friendly Linux distribution
developed by an inclusive and friendly community." | | 5:40p |
Samba 4.0 released
The long-awaited Samba 4.0 release is out. "As the culmination of
ten years' work, the Samba Team has created the first compatible Free
Software implementation of Microsoft’s Active Directory protocols. Familiar
to all network administrators, the Active Directory protocols are the heart
of modern directory service implementations." See the announcement
(click below) for lots of details. | | 5:52p |
| | 7:44p |
FSFE: European Parliament adopts unitary patent The Free Software Foundation Europe reports that the European Parliament has adopted a proposal to create a patent with unitary effect for Europe. " This decision will leave Europe with a patent system that is both
deeply flawed and prone to overreach. It also ends democratic control of
Europe's innovation policy." The proposal still needs to be ratified before it will take effect. " According to the European
Parliament's website, "the international agreement creating a unified
patent court will enter into force on 1 January 2014 or after thirteen
contracting states ratify it, provided that UK, France and Germany are
among them." | | 8:35p |
[$] JFFS2, UBIFS, and the growth of flash storage When thinking about filesystems for modern flash storage devices, as we have recently done with f2fs and NILFS2, two other filesystems that are likely to quickly spring to mind, and be almost as quickly discarded, are JFFS2 and UBIFS. Guest author Neil Brown suggests that perhaps we should not be so quick to overlook those two filesystems; click below (subscribers only) for a detailed review of how these two filesystems work on contemporary flash devices. |
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