The 10 Most Interesting Features Of Linux 5.10

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Phoronix: The 10 Most Interesting Features Of Linux 5.10

With the Linux 5.10 kernel expected to be released this weekend, here is a look at some of the most interesting changes and new additions. Besides being the last kernel release of 2020, Linux 5.10 is significant in that it's also serving as a Long Term Support (LTS) release...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.10-Feature-Recap

[DanL]

Supported until 2026. Nice!

[jaxa]

Supported until 2026. Nice!

Hoping for 2486?

[archkde]

What kind of counter overflows in 2486? I couldn't figure out a sane one.

[Azrael5]

Not very interesting, as for me.

[Markopolo]

What kind of counter overflows in 2486? I couldn't figure out a sane one.

looks like they found 7 more bits to use to count seconds since 1970. They had 15 and now they have 23.

[pal666]

looks like they found 7 more bits to use to count seconds since 1970. They had 15 and now they have 23.

23-15==8

[Markopolo]

23-15==8

oops. The math was wrong too. Was 32 signed bit integer. Not 16. And they added 3 more bits and not 7

[whereistimbo]

SoundBlaster AE-7

I thought it was something related to old soundcard that works well with MS-DOS and Windows 98 lol.