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Linux 2.6.26-rc1 Kernel Released

The Linux 2.6.25 kernel had shipped in the middle of April and now the first release candidate to this kernel's successor (Linux 2.6.26) is available for download. Among the changes in the Linux 2.6.26-rc1 kernel are x86 PAT support, file-system updates (including EXT4), a generic 802.11 layer, and mainline kgdb support for kernel debugging. The Linux 2.6.26-rc1 release announcement can be read at LKML.org.