Release : 2.6.32

Linux kernel 2.6.32 has been released. See tne changelog here.

You can get source code here. Or the patch from 2.6.31 here.

If you want to use git, just type this command `git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scmlinux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.32.y.git`.

Happy hacking!

Nobel Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds?

Now this is one to ponder. This year, the Nobel Peace Prize went to Barack Obama, president of the United States. The prize has been given to both politicians and non-politicians alike, and Keith Lofstrom thinks its time to hand over the Peace Prize to a non-politician once more: Linus Torvalds.

Lofstrom's argues that Linux has done - and is doing - a lot of good for the world, and as such, Linus deserves the credit. "Linux is one of the largest cooperative international efforts ever undertaken," he argues, "It inspired Ubuntu, One Laptop Per Child, and many other global projects. Linux conquered the supercomputer space, the server space, the embedded computer space - by peaceful means! Linux helped sequence the human genome, helps protect the world computer infrastructure from viral attack, and is now the pathway for millions to learn computer programming and participate in new international efforts."

As odd as it may sound, I do believe he has a point. Linux is indeed bringing people together - not in the mushy kind of way, but in a real way: people from all over the world collaborate on the kernel. On top of that, the success of the Linux kernel is partially responsible for the popularisation of open source software.

Thanks, in part, to Linus Torvalds, we have quality free and Free software, making it possible for even the poorest of people to gain access to computers and the advantages that brings. I do think, however, that the Free Software Foundation should share in such a prize.

That is, if I were to agree he indeed deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. I believe that Barack Obama shouldn't have received the prize; neither did Al Gore. When I think of the Nobel Peace Prize, I think of people like Aung San Suu Kyi or Mother Theresa - and certainly not of a programmer or a guy who made a film.

[via OSNews]

Linus, about linux-2.6.32-rc8

"Ok, the way things are going, this will likely be the last -rc. I wish we had more people looking at the regression list, but at some point I'm just going to have to say 'ok, enough is enough'." Linus said.

Linux 2.6.32-rc8

This is kernel testing for the next release, v 2.6.32-rc8.

If you want to try, just download here. And if you need to know any changes just go to the changelog.

Linux, the Kernel

Linux is a kernel that used by almost open source and free software Operating systems.

Linux development starts by Linus Torvalds in 1991. And now the development become bigger and still growing up developing by hacker all around the world.

By this blog, I will share about linux kernel and development I can collect.