Linux 3.0 release

[mrb]

Human-readable list of changes in 3.0.0, since 2.6.39: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.0

(For those who don't know, Kernelnewbies is a kernel developers community. They maintain by far the best changelogs.)

[sho_hn]

I disagree. The h-online.com articles, while not in bulletpoint style, are usually more detailed and better written, and currently the best way to dig into a new release.

Overview: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Linux-3-...

Networking: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3...

Filesystems: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3...

Architectures and general infrastructure, including virtualization: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3...

Drivers: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3...

[Mithrandir]

Here's the commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...

the tree: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...

the diff: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...

and the snapshot: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...

It'll probably be a bit/longer for it to be 'officially' listed on kernel.org as stable.

[robinbourne]

I wonder if they have the fixed the battery drain bug in this release.

When I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my netbook, it had that bug. Read it on reddit that it has something to do with regression or something. So I had to downgrade to 10.10 to go back to previous version of the kernel.

[JoshTriplett]

Not exactly a regression. Current Linux started working around a BIOS bug that causes many people's systems to hang: namely, those BIOSes configure PCI Express devices to do Active State Power Management (ASPM), but tell the OS not to support ASPM, causing the system to go pear-shaped when the devices try to go into a low-power state. Linux now turns off ASPM on devices if the BIOS says not to use ASPM; that makes many people's systems more stable, at the cost of a bit more power usage.

So, complain to your BIOS vendor, or turn off that workaround in Linux and take the risk that your system will become less stable.

[gmartres]

See http://lwn.net/Articles/449448/

[gcr]

This article mentions that the kernel now has support for Microsoft Kinect. How so? It seems odd to support that in the core kernel...

[adestefan]

It's support for access to the video and IR sensors.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...