Linux Kernel 2.6.31 Released

Linus Torvalds has released Linux 2.6.31 in an announcement on the LKML mailing list. Incorporating thousands of improvements on its predecessor, including support for USB 3.0, drivers for Creative's Soundblaster X-Fi cards and improvements to the ext4 and Btrfs filesystems. There is also improved KMS support for flicker free graphics and enhanced performance tracking, memory leak detection.

For a detailed overview of the changes and updates, The H presents "The Next Round: The new features of Linux 2.6.31" which brings together The H's "Coming in 2.6.31" series, breaks down the major changes in this release, gives the statistics behind the changes and looks at what's in store for the next version of the Linux Kernel, 2.6.32.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/887588

Enjoy, XyLeM