Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix kernel, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and TCP/IP networking.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This version adds support for the Ext4 filesystem, Ultra Wide Band (Wireless USB, UWB-IP), memory performance improvements, a boot tracer, disk shock protection, the phonet network protocol, support for SSD discard requests, transparent proxy support, several new network drivers, controllable IO CPU affinity, high-resolution poll()/select(), support of a minimal "dummy" policy in SELinux, tracing improvements, x86 x2APIC support, a fb driver for VIA UniChrome devices, Mitac Mio A701 ARM-based smartphone support, some new drivers, and many small improvements and fixes.
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12-25-2008
