Merry Christmas from Linus!

[OffHand]

Happy v2.6.28

http://lwn.net/Articles/312785/

:P

[plb]

I've already got it up and running on my Debian box, though I have yet to try out ext4

[MasterNetra]

Linus?? You mean Linux? Or is Linus some new distro?

[mips]

Linus?? You mean Linux? Or is Linus some new distro?

lol, sorry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

[MasterNetra]

Oh :p

[ubuntu27]

Linus?? You mean Linux? Or is Linus some new distro?

I think you are joking..
But just in case. Linus Torvalds is the one who created the Linux Kernel.

Now thousands of developers around the world contribute to the Linux Kernel.

[albinootje]

Linus??


Linus Torvalds is the friendly chap who created Linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

You mean Linux? Or is Linus some new distro?
Linux, very simplified, is basically the name of only one file inside the Linux distribution you're using.
It's called the kernel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel
Richard Stallman from FSF and GNU thinks that we all should be talking about Ubuntu GNU/Linux, because Linux is only the name of the kernel, most of the other applications are not really part of the Linux kernel project.

And Linus2009 could be a kind of fancy name for a new Linux distribution ;-)
.. I very vaguely remember Slackware96 being released iirc.

[ubuntu27]

lol, sorry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

WTF!!?? Guys visit the Spanish version of the same article...
IT WILL SHOCK YOU! (you don't need to know Spanish)

Here is the direct link:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds)

[OffHand]

WTF!!?? Guys visit the Spanish version of the same article...
IT WILL SHOCK YOU! (you don't need to know Spanish)

Here is the direct link:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds)

Can you please enlighten me how to read it without knowing Spanish. I would love to know!

[billgoldberg]

I'm installing it when my noisy family is gone.

[smartboyathome]

Happy v2.6.28

http://lwn.net/Articles/312785/

:P

And now to compile it on Arch so that I can get ext4 on my HDD natively. :D

[ajcham]

WTF!!?? Guys visit the Spanish version of the same article...
IT WILL SHOCK YOU! (you don't need to know Spanish)

Here is the direct link:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds)

Please, tell us what is supposed to be so shocking.

[jimmy the saint]

WTF!!?? Guys visit the Spanish version of the same article...
IT WILL SHOCK YOU! (you don't need to know Spanish)

Here is the direct link:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds)

I am totally shocked!! I just wish I knew why. Perhaps a translation of the shocking part would enlighten me....

[toupeiro]

Here's a guide on how to upgrade your existing ext3 filesystem to ext4:

http://www.kev009.com/wp/2008/12/how-to-upgrade-to-ext4-in-place/

[mips]

And now to compile it on Arch so that I can get ext4 on my HDD natively. :D

I'd rather just wait a day or two ;)

[albinootje]

Can you please enlighten me how to read it without knowing Spanish. I would love to know!

The poster probably meant that the photo of Linus is very different (Smiling vs. serious).

[smartboyathome]

Here's a guide on how to upgrade your existing ext3 filesystem to ext4:

http://www.kev009.com/wp/2008/12/how-to-upgrade-to-ext4-in-place/

That may be, but it doesn't give you the full EXT4 experience. ;)


I'd rather just wait a day or two ;)

Why when you can use this PKGBUILD (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Compilation_with_ABS) to install it alongside your current stable kernel?

[toupeiro]

That may be, but it doesn't give you the full EXT4 experience. ;)

:confused::confused::confused: Sorry but I've had plenty of "full experiences" building and rebuilding filesystems. In place upgrades are a much better experience IMO. Especially when they work! ;) If I wanted to rebuild every time a Filesystem or an OS got a major upgrade, I'd still be running Windows. :P

[albinootje]

That may be, but it doesn't give you the full EXT4 experience. ;)

Can anyone give a good or interesting reason to play with ext4 apart for fun ?
I liked playing around with btrfs a while back, and with ZFS longer ago.
Was just glancing through this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4

[mips]

Why when you can use this PKGBUILD (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Compilation_with_ABS) to install it alongside your current stable kernel?

I'm about to do a fresh install of Arch on my Desktop, 99% of my data is backed up already so I might as well wait for the new kernel with the new install. Generally I just wait for the kernel to appear in the repos though :)

[toupeiro]

Can anyone give a good or interesting reason to play with ext4 apart for fun ?
I liked playing around with btrfs a while back, and with ZFS longer ago.
Was just glancing through this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4

What? Don't you have tons of 16TB files you've been dying to save to an EXT filesystem?!? ;)

To the average user, they may see a bit of a performance increase with EXT4, but most people don't have a need, or ability to scale high enough that reap the rewards EXT4 brings in over EXT3.

[ubuntu27]

I am totally shocked!! I just wish I knew why. Perhaps a translation of the shocking part would enlighten me....


Please, tell us what is supposed to be so shocking.

LOL. You Guys..


The poster probably meant that the photo of Linus is very different (Smiling vs. serious).

Yes. that's right! That's what I meant.


Well, looks like I used the wrong word. It should not be "shocking", more like "funny" & "unexpected"


Anyway, albinootje does that photo really look like serious to you?
It looks to me as if Torvald is about to cry or simply annoyed.


Someone should change the photo of Torvalds, it looks ridiculous.

[jpmelos]

Linus?? You mean Linux? Or is Linus some new distro?

You kidding. Right? :|

[albinootje]

It looks to me as if Torvald is about to cry or simply annoyed.


Someone should change the photo of Torvalds, it looks ridiculous.

I think Linus is just frowning his forehead, or thinking about something difficult.
But I agree that there are a lot nicer photos from him, I prefer the photo on the english wikipedia page.

[Changturkey]

Linus?? You mean Linux? Or is Linus some new distro?

*starts clapping*

[geogur]

you missed the message here`s a toy if your bored play with it. this is how it was meant.every time he (linus) dose this the net and linux improve i am sure that we will benifit from this experement,

[Sealbhach]

From my dank basement I say thank you and merry Christmas.:)



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[smartboyathome]

I am on the 2.6.28 kernel now, with Grub2 booting it. I'm backing up my laptop's hard drive on my new 640GB external hard drive and then will whipe it clean so it is formated to EXT4 and restore my backup. What fun. ;)