Linked by Kroc Camen on Thu 25th Dec 2008 07:50 UTC, submitted by diegocg
Heise Open Source provides an extensive breakdown of the innovations present in the latest release of the Linux kernel, announced by Linus Torvalds. This version adds the first version of Ext4 as a stable filesystem, the much-anticipated GPU memory manager which will be the foundation of a renewed graphic stack, support for Ultra Wide Band (Wireless USB, UWB-IP), memory management scalability and performance improvements, a boot tracer, disk shock protection, the phonet network protocol, support of SSD discard requests, transparent proxy support, high-resolution poll()/select()... full Changelog here
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Your argument misses the point. I'll tell you why. 1.) The Linux Kernel is modular and not monolithic and it comes in a variety of flavours because companies with actual developers use it to fit their needs. This is why today you have a multitude of devices running Linux - probably your also router/cable modem.
2.) Of course it depends on what you are developing. But as long as you are not really a kernel developer, you really have a broad choice of systems to develop and are not stuck with the Linux kernel. E.g. My work mostly involves Python and Unix-like environments. If I do this work on my customer's FreeBSD Server or my Linux box is irrelevant most of the time.