What's new in Linux 3.1 | Linux Today

What’s new in Linux 3.1

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2011

“About !!! weeks after the version jump to 3.0, Linus Torvalds
has now released the second kernel in the 3.x series. Without the
break-in at kernel.org, the new version would probably have been
released three to four weeks earlier, as the temporary
unavailability of the central server structure slightly hampered
the kernel developers’ work. However, the scope of modifications
compares quite well with that of the new kernel’s direct
predecessors, as another round of advancements enhances the range
of features and hardware support of Linux.

Users are likely to benefit from these advancements in the near
future, because distributions such as Fedora 16, which is due to be
released in November, are already planning to use kernel version
3.1.


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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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