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rsambuca
July 15th, 2008, 02:56 AM
Now that Linus has released the official 2.6.26 kernel (http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1645951050;fp;2;fpid;1), how about some adventurous soul install it onto their Ubuntu box and let us know how it goes :)
tamoneya
July 15th, 2008, 02:58 AM
i believe it is already in the intrepid alphas. Take a look yourself if you want. If you dont want to do a full install just run it in vmware.

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha2
Pumalite
July 15th, 2008, 03:10 AM
I just installed Alpha 1. Low graphics. I used amd64. Don't update. .2 is OK., but .3 is not. Alpha 2 is no good.
rsambuca
July 15th, 2008, 03:24 AM
i believe it is already in the intrepid alphas. Take a look yourself if you want. If you dont want to do a full install just run it in vmware.

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha2

The Ubuntu intrepid kernel is based on 2.6.26-rc8. The official linux kernel just released is apparently more similar to the recent rc9 (not that it would make much difference to the average joe, though)
Pumalite
July 15th, 2008, 03:34 AM
Nothing beats experience. Go ahead and install it.
tamoneya
July 15th, 2008, 04:05 AM
The Ubuntu intrepid kernel is based on 2.6.26-rc8. The official linux kernel just released is apparently more similar to the recent rc9 (not that it would make much difference to the average joe, though)

Yes thats what is in the ISO but there are updates several times a day. I havent gotten it going yet myself because virtual box is having trouble with 2.6.26 but I would think the final 2.6.26 kernel will be upgraded by the end of the day tomorrow at the latest.
rsambuca
July 15th, 2008, 05:05 AM
Yes thats what is in the ISO but there are updates several times a day. I havent gotten it going yet myself because virtual box is having trouble with 2.6.26 but I would think the final 2.6.26 kernel will be upgraded by the end of the day tomorrow at the latest.

Ahh... perhaps this weekend I will install it on an empty partition. Thanks for the info.
sdennie
July 15th, 2008, 06:26 AM
I've installed 2.6.26 (custom built) in Hardy and have no problems. My only complaint would be that compiz performance with nvidia is sometimes noticeably choppy when compared to 2.6.24. This has been the case since 2.6.25 though.