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Linux in 2014: Six New Kernels, Thousands of New Features

Linux 3.13

The first kernel of 2014 was Linux 3.13 which debuted in January. The big new feature that landed in Linux 3.13 was the nftables packet filtering technology, which is intended to be a replacement for iptables.

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