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The Wonderful World of Linux 2.6 Joseph Pranevich - jpranevich <at> kniggit.net "Although it seems like only yesterday that we were booting up our first Linux 2.4 systems, time has ticked by and the kernel development team is nearing the completion of the v2.6 kernel. This document will attempt to describe many of the new features of the 2.6 kernel (with a heavy bias toward the i386 port of Linux.) Unlike the prerelease announcements of closed-source software, all of the features described here are available now (some more bug-free than others) in the Linux 2.5 development kernel. (By Linux tradition, even-numbered kernels are "stable" and for production systems, while odd numbered kernels are for the intrepid only.) That being said, some of the features described here could still be removed or marked as "experimental" in the actual 2.6 release. The kernel development is currently in a feature-freeze however and it is likely that the final release will not deviate much from what is described here. Please also be aware that some of the "new" features discussed here may have been back-ported to Linux 2.4 after first appearing in Linux 2.6, either officially or by a distribution vendor." ... John Hebert
