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The 5.9 kernel has been released

([Kernel] Oct 11, 2020 23:15 UTC (Sun) (corbet))


Linus has [1]released the 5.9 kernel . " Ok, so I'll be honest - I had hoped for quite a bit fewer changes this last week, but at the same time there doesn't really seem to be anything particularly scary in here. It's just more commits and more lines changed than I would have wished for. " Some of the significant features in this release are: x86 [2]FSGSBASE support , [3]capacity awareness in the deadline scheduler, the [4]close_range() system call, [5]proactive compaction in the memory-management subsystem, the [6]rationalization of kernel-thread priorities, and more. See [7]the KernelNewbies 5.9 page for more details.



[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/833996/

[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/821723/

[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/821578/

[4] https://lwn.net/Articles/789023/

[5] https://lwn.net/Articles/817905/

[6] https://lwn.net/Articles/818388/

[7] https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.9

speakup out of staging

the best and most welcome change. perhaps now Fedora will build kernels with accessibility support. at least I hope so.

speakup out of staging

the best and most welcome change. perhaps now Fedora will build kernels with accessibility support. at least I hope so.

Gibson's Springtime Song (to the tune of "Deck the Halls"):

'Tis the season to chase mousies (Fa la la la la, la la la la)
Snatch them from their little housies (...)
First we chase them 'round the field (...)
Then we have them for a meal (...)

Toss them here and catch them there (...)
See them flying through the air (...)
Watch them fly and hear them squeal (...)
Falling mice have great appeal (...)

See the hunter stretched before us (...)
He's chased the mice in field and forest (...)
Watch him clean his long white whiskers (...)
Of the blood of little critters (...)