"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." M. Gandhi

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The Next Ubuntu coming…

The next version of Ubuntu is coming soon

Kernel Log: BIOS bugs behind greater power use – The H Open Source: News and Features

Finally someone at Phoronix has found the reason of the greater power usage of the latest Linux Kernel.

Kernel Log: BIOS bugs behind greater power use – The H Open Source: News and Features.

((enjoy))

New Linux kernel 2.6.38 gets a speed boost

The new Linux Kernel 2.6.38 has been released and has a lot of new exciting features and improvements.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/new-linux-kernel-gets-speed-boost-723
Besides, it seems that Ubuntu Natty will get this kernel.
((enjoy))

Interactive map of the Linux Kernel

Linux Kernel Map:
http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map

((enjoy))

VMware Tools and Linux Kernel 2.6.24

It seems that from Linux Kernel version 2.6.24 the standard VMware Tools shipped with VMware ESX 3.5 (at least) do not compile.

It is necessary to download the Open Virtual Machine Tools and to make the following trick:

# tar -xzf open-vm-tools-*/modules/linux
# cd open-vm-tools-*/modules/linux
# modsrc=”/usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/source”
# for x in `ls -d v*`
# do
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