TechWeb: New Linux Kernel Approaches Release | Linux Today

TechWeb: New Linux Kernel Approaches Release

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 21, 1998

Version 2.2 of the kernel adds hardware support for new
technologies and peripherals that have shipped in the past two
years…

… should help provide much better performance on almost all
machines…

The real improvement is in inter-Unix connectivity. Linux 2.2
reads the partition table formats used by FreeBSD, SunOS, and
Solaris….

… will also support full RAID 0, 1, 4, and 5 modes.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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