Linux 2.6.29 kernel released on 23 March, 2009. Summary: Linux 2.6.29 adds kernel based graphic mode setting, WiMAX support, Access Point support in the wifi stack, the inclusion of the btrfs and squashfs filesystems, ecryptfs filename encryption, ext4 no journaling mode, ocfs2 metadata checksums, a more scalable RCU implementation, filesystem freeze support, swap management in […]
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Linux Kernel 2.6.28.3
The last stable version of the Linux kernel was released today – 2.6.28.3 Changelog Source
Who and why is developing the Linux kernel
More than 85% of the updates in the Linux kernel are developed by the large IT companies such as Red Hat, Novell, IBM, Intel and others. According to a research done in behalf of The Linux Foundation only about 13% of the developers are into the kernel development mainly as a part of their hobby. […]