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Linux 4.20 released

348 points| Valmar | 7 years ago |lkml.org

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[+] adamheath|7 years ago|reply
This release will finally add support for the Apple Magic Trackpad 2
[+] wodenokoto|7 years ago|reply
What I don't understand is why you need a whole new version of Linux for support for an specific brand of touch pad.

Why aren't these things a driver?

[+] Illniyar|7 years ago|reply
Shouldn't that be a driver? Why would pointing device support require a kernel update?
[+] eponeponepon|7 years ago|reply
Neat news. I've been thinking about trying one of those out for a while now - I really want to find a pointing/clicking device other than a traditional mouse as my hands age, but nothing's properly worked yet.
[+] cranjice|7 years ago|reply
Wake and make dudes
[+] craftyguy|7 years ago|reply
And now HN has completed it's full transformation into the great shitposting forum of r/technology.
[+] chkaloon|7 years ago|reply
Linus is amazing. Is anyone else a bit unnerved that the entire tech world seems to hinge on the good instincts of this one guy? I hope there is another benevolent dictator to take over once he's gone.
[+] ufo|7 years ago|reply
Linus took a break during the previous release cycle and much of his work was taken up by Greg Kroah-Hartman. At this point the kernel development process is very extablished and hierarchical and seems to be in a good place for the long term.
[+] throw-far-away|7 years ago|reply
It's important for sensible organizations to have a succession plan and alternates for all leadership positions.
[+] ip26|7 years ago|reply
Hopefully by now the community has mostly internalized those instincts. Grooming can be very effective.
[+] zozbot123|7 years ago|reply
> I hope there is another benevolent dictator to take over once he's gone.

We'll still have Theo.

[+] vectorEQ|7 years ago|reply
let' not go too far. linux is still a hobby operating system grown into some bloated piece of crap even it's inventor is depressed about ;)... but yeah... i if people are still afraid of bsd then you are somewhat right...
[+] robertAngst|7 years ago|reply

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[+] h1d|7 years ago|reply
Used it since 10.04 against over 100 servers and I agree it worked really well.

95% of the time it had packages I need and the rest of 5% only meant stuff I wanted to use was too new to go into packages of the LTS at that time.

Unless you need 10 years level of stability at the cost of losing package count and freshness to go with RHEL/CentOS, I don't think there isn't much of a reason not to use Ubuntu Server edition.

[+] zozbot123|7 years ago|reply
Ubuntu Server is nice due to the commercial support that's available from Ubuntu, but Debian is also very widely used on the server. And with the newer releases (Debian Stretch and later) it's gaining potential as a desktop OS too.
[+] sigmaprimus|7 years ago|reply
Just curious, is the default desktop wall paper going to have a pot leaf on it?
[+] jeanlucas|7 years ago|reply
Can we all admit this is on hot just because of the version number?
[+] Retr0spectrum|7 years ago|reply
To be fair, it's pretty common for new Linux releases to make it to the front page.
[+] _eht|7 years ago|reply
Yes, yes we can. ...but also track pads apparently?
[+] sbr464|7 years ago|reply
These posts show we really need to decentralize everything even if not seemingly bad, but for the fact that any one person can effect their will.

If you build software, push forward.

[+] atmosx|7 years ago|reply
What does decentralised means in this context? There are possibly thousands of companies/projects/orgs releasing their own version of the linux kernel.

Plus, as a user, I trust Linus more than any decentralised process I can think of.

[+] znpy|7 years ago|reply
It's free (GPLv2) software that you can fork (if you want) and it's developed using a distributed/decentralized version control system.

What more could you want ?