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Linux 2.6.26 Kernel Released

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 13 July 2008 at 08:49 PM EDT. 4 Comments

We were up to nine release candidates with the 2.6.26 branch but today the Linux 2.6.26 kernel has been released. Since 2.6.26-rc9 were mostly documentation updates and a few regression fixes. The Linux 2.6.26 kernel x86 PAT, PCI Express Active State Power Management, KVM support for IA64 and PPC architectures, basic para-virtualization support for KVM, a UVC web-camera driver, OLPC support, new hardware drivers, and more. This kernel also brings updated ATI and Intel DRM, which includes the initial R500 3D support. A nice list of the changes for the Linux 2.6.26 kernel can be found at KernelNewbies.org. The Linux 2.6.26 kernel announcement can be read at LKML.org.

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