“There seems to be a lot going on in the Linux world right now.
The upcoming release of the 2.4 kernel, major headway in the area
of DVD support, expanded support for hardware in general,
especially my favorite sound card the Sound Blaster Live, and much
more. This is very exciting for the Linux community. The new
features in the 2.4 kernel along with the ever-expanding hardware
support will continue to make Linux a more attractive platform for
both home and business.”
“The biggest news in the world of Linux at the moment is the
upcoming release of the 2.4 kernel series. This is the next
“stable” series of the Linux kernel, and while not as big a jump as
the 2.0 to 2.2 change, this new kernel series has some very
exciting and promising changes in store for all of us. This
kernel version will present a large number of driver updates, and
new drivers all together. This hardware support includes new and
updated IDE chipset support, more support for USB devices, more
frame buffer support, some new sound chipsets, and more. Another
very exciting new hardware development in the kernel is the
integration of PCMCIA support directly into the kernel. What does
this mean for all of you laptop users? That you will no longer have
to obtain, compile, etc., a separate software package to get your
PCMCIA cards working.”