Linux Getting Some Upgrade Love
by Wyatt WalterWith Microsoft and Apple both making releases this fall, I sometimes have felt like I need to comfort my Linux desktop that it’s not getting huge upgrades at once after reading tech news. Both Snow Leopard and Windows 7 offer some usability improvements over the predecessors as well as some speed improvements. However, Linux doesn’t have to feel unloved this fall anymore. The new Linux kernel, version 2.6.31, is promising some serious speed increases, specifically for the desktop.
The speed improvements will be much more noticeable on a desktop strapped for memory as it comes from better memory management that reduces the number of reads from disk to memory. The benchmarks also show a dramatic reduction in the number of major faults on file servers as well.
Other improvements to the release include ATI graphics card support improvements, USB 3.0 support and an improved Firewire driver.
I’m glad that I’m finally able to read software release news other than for Microsoft and Apple for a change.. 
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Sep 6th, 2009
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