An enhanced Ext4 filesystem, an optimised TCP stack and support for thin provisioning in the Device Mapper are some of the most important new features of the freshly released Linux 3.2. The latest kernel version also brings with it a host of new and improved drivers which, among other things, address graphics hardware from Intel and NVIDIA and wireless devices from Atheros and Broadcom.
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Android: Sued by Microsoft, not by Linux
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Microsoft's attempts to bring down Android via litigation rather than innovation continued apace today, as the software giant filed another patent lawsuit against an Android client, this time top US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, which sells the Nook e-reader.
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A comparison of some elements of coding style for many Open Source projects: Linux, GNU, Qt, Gnome and others, with useful links.
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Just upgraded to 4Go or more ram? Install and enable PAE Kernel
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Did you upgrade your computer to a 4 GB or more RAM? Do you have a 32bit system? If yes, then your machine may not show up total 4Go, in this case you linux-logoneed to use the Linux kernel compiled for PAE capable machines.
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Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" to be released with complete free Linux Kernel
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The Debian project has been working in removing non-free firmware from the Linux kernel shipped with Debian for the past two release cycles. At the time of the releases of Debian 4.0 "Etch" and 5.0 "Lenny", however, it was not yet possible to ship Linux kernels stripped of all non-free firmware bits.
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With the automatic creation of process groups, the desktop interface should remain responsive even when a large number of processes are making the CPU sweat. Meanwhile, the development of 2.6.37 is in full swing, and new stable kernels replace their predecessors; 2.6.35, on the other hand, has reached the end of its life
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Linux Server Troubleshooting With strace
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strace is a useful little utility – installed by default on most Linux systems – which allows you to find out what a program is doing under the hood by tracing the system calls it's making.
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Alternative To The "200 Lines Kernel Patch That Does Wonders" Which You Can Use Right Away
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Phoronix recently published an article regarding a ~200 lines Linux Kernel patch that improves responsiveness under system strain. Well, Lennart Poettering, a RedHat developer replied to Linus Torvalds on a maling list with an alternative to this patch that does the same thing yet all you have to do is run 2 commands and paste 4 lines in your ~/.bashrc file.
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Linux is awaiting for patch to improve interactivity
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Patch, less than 200 lines of code, soon will be included in main Linux kernel. Linus is very happy and surprised how feedback of desktop interactivity made better even on very high average loads.
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Linux-2.6.36-libre: turning Linux's Free Bait into Free Software
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Cyberspace, November 8, 2010—Linux hasn't got any Freer between the Linux-2.6.33-libre announcement, back in March, and the present announcement, that marks the release of Linux-2.6.36-libre. Linux now contains more non-Free Software, and more drivers in its Free core that require separately distributed non-Free Software to function.
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Linux Kernel 2.6.36 Released
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Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 2.6.36. Here is the summary of the changes and new features merged in the Linux Kernel during the 2.6.36 development cycle.
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Remove Old Kernels In Ubuntu With One Command
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I decided to try and come up with my own one-liner to remove the old kernels from my system. In this post I'll take you through each portion of this one-liner step by step so you can see how it works.
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Debugging ARM programs inside QEMU
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A tutorial that shows how to debug an ARM Linux program inside a platform emulated with QEMU. The tutorial uses gdbserver to connect the program executing in the guest system to the debugger running on the host system.
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Running Linux on new OpenRisc simulator or1ksim 0.4.0
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How to install and run the new OpenRisc simulator or1ksim 0.4.0, and emulate a running Linux kernel.
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