[ Thanks to Andrew
Weber for this link. ]
“ersion 3.0.0 of the ubiquitous Linux kernel recently made its
debut to a great deal of fanfare. The new kernel version coincides
with the twentieth anniversary of Linux. However, Linus Torvalds
himself admits that the new version of the kernel is not a major
upgrade. The new number is largely the result of the old 2.6.x
numbers becoming too large and cumbersome. Most of the changes in
version 3.0.0 are related to drivers, power management, networking,
and virtualization. One major addition is that the Xen hypervisor
is now supported directly by the kernel, vice a kernel module. Zen
now joins KVM in enjoying full kernel support. Version 2.6 of the
Linux kernel had been growing pretty long in tooth, having been
released in December of 2003. Since then, 39 major revisions of the
2.6 kernel have been released.”