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kernel26-2.6.30-5 is in core (ArchLinux)

Posted on June 24, 2009 by edogawaconan

If you happen to like combination of word  ’official’ and ‘bleeding edge’, ArchLinux might be up to your liking.
It now has latest stable kernel on official (non-testing) repository.
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If you want all-new instead

Posted on April 11, 2009 by edogawaconan

WRT my post before.
If you want everything-must-be-bleeding-edge, you can go install ArchLinux.
They released kernel26-2.6.29 few days ago and today released xorg-server 1.6.0 which included KMS for Intel video.

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If you happen to use Arch

Posted on March 25, 2009 by edogawaconan

…and don’t mind experimenting, you can try kernel 2.6.29 right away by enabling Testing repository and do pacman -Syu. You’ll also get xorg-server 1.6.0 in the process. Too bad there’s no GNOME 2.26 yet.

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Headache-free dual/triple/multiple-boot Windows/OpenSolaris/Linux/FreeBSD

Posted on March 15, 2009 by edogawaconan

…after being wtf-ed by trying to add GRUB entry to boot to ArchLinux’s ext4 partition.

Install Windows
Install OpenSolaris
Install Linux/FreeBSD, with GRUB on the Linux/FreeBSD partition then add entry on OpenSolaris’ GRUB to chainload to Linux/FreeBSD partition
???
Profit!

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