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VERSION 2.0 IS OUT!!!

On June 9th, 1996 Linus Torvalds released version 2.0.0. A short and incomplete list of new and updated features (quoted from Linus' anouncement ):

• multiarchitecture support. The standard Linux-2.0 kernel directly supports both intel x86 (and clones) and Digital Alpha machines. Quite a few other architectures are also very close to being "official".
• multiprocessor support. Yes, you can buy one of those dual Pentium (or Pentium Pro) motherboards, and Linux will actually take advantage of multiple CPU's.
• improved filesystem caching, allowing faster cache lookups and caching of filesystems without any associated block device (notably NFS).
• improved performance in various areas, notably networking and process handling.
• better support for various devices: support for controllers that 1.2 didn't know about, and improved support for some things that 1.2 had just started to be aware of.
• writable shared memory mapping support and support for file descriptor passing with UNIX domain sockets (the two major "normal UNIX" things that Linux-1.2 didn't have).

There are a few things that must be updated if 2.0.x is going to be installed. A complete list can be found in the Documentation/Changes file of the source tree as well as on Linux v2 Information HQ.

Get it from your closest friendly linux ftp site!
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I am a proud user and advocate the Linux operating system, a freely distributable Unix clone for the ix86 system (somewhat misleading since there are ports to 680x0, Sparc, Mips, PPC, and Alpha).

I first learned of the system. through a friend at school (Elder Matias) back in 1992 and followed co.l. until I was convinced that it was more than a toy for hackers. My first kernel was 1.0.8 and installed in April 1994. I would have done so earlier but I had incompatible hardware (PS/2) before 1994 and the family computer wasn't one for playing around with.

Anyway, since my first installation, I've installed Linux machines on my coop jobs, as a home desktop, and now router, and can recompile the kernel with one hand tied behind my back (people who know me will now say that I only type with one hand anyway and it's not that hard to compile a kernel).

Currently, I'm using 2.0.35, with XFree 3.2 on my IP Masquerading router.

Here is a listing of the notable software I use or used on my desktop Linux machine before I had needed the extra space for work

EDITORS	pico, vi, Emacs		Scriptum		Edith		Lyx
NETWORKING	Samba, smbfs	Apache	NCSA Mosaic	Netscape Navigator	Lynx	DIP, pppd	IPFWADM
GRAPHICS	Gimp		ImageMagick		XV		Mesa
SOUND	Rosegarden		Wavplay		XMMix		Xmcd

A Few Links (some old)

The following are some main links as well as some interesting ones in no particular order. Obviously, I'm not going to list all the Linux links I've encountered. That's what these pages do. So hold your breath and welcome to Linux!

• Linux Organization
• - A wealth of knowledge.
• The Web Wanderer's List of Linux Applications
• InfoMagic - where I got my CD-ROM (beats FTP'ing)
• Linux IP Masquerade Resource
• Linux Gazette
• Scientific Applications on Linux
• sunsite.unc.edu - a ftp site I frequent
• Linux Journal and other Unix Goodies (SSC) - a fine publication and fine products
• The Linux Midi + Sound Main Page
• Linux Sound and Video
• The Linux Laptop Home Page
• Linux PCMCIA Information David Hind's page
• PCMCIA source
• It's pronounced "Lee-nooks" (in North American Phonetics approximately [li':nuks] I think) and here's the proof

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