Linux 4.7 Released

by jrepinon 7/24/2016, 9:03 PMwith 78 comments

by jrepinon 7/24/2016, 9:12 PM

New in Linux 4.7: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.7

by voltagex_on 7/25/2016, 1:29 AM

Honest question: how many years do you think it'll be until embedded device manufacturers (routers, various TV boxes, wifi hard drives [1]) ship recent kernels? A $200 modem/router bought 6 months ago ships with a hacked up version of 2.6.36.4 that's barely buildable - mainly because the wifi chipset vendor refuses to open source their code and refuses to update the BSP [2].

1: http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/item/wireless...

2: http://www.tp-link.com.au/gpl-code.html?model=Archer%20D9

by dominotwon 7/24/2016, 9:47 PM

>CPU accounting controller: Split cpuacct.usage into user usage and sys usage commit

Has anyone used this to calculate how many containers can be packed onto a machine based on historical usage data?

by Sir_Cmpwnon 7/24/2016, 11:32 PM

I see there's support for the new Radeon RX480. I've been thinking about picking up a Radeon card. Can anyone speak to their experience of Radeon support on Linux and whether or not you think it's a good idea?

by dopeboyon 7/24/2016, 10:56 PM

Could anyone comment on the state of power management in Linux? Are we up to par with OSX and Windows yet?

by jshap70on 7/24/2016, 9:14 PM

too bad we'll never get a name as good as 'Hurr durr I'ma sheep' again

by qwertyuiop924on 7/24/2016, 10:55 PM

Just so long as kdbus hasn't been merged yet...