While announcing Linux 5.6 is relevant to HN, the particular mailing list message regards differences from a previous release candidate. Can someone please explain, in layperson's terms, what has changed from Linux 5.5 (or 5.4) to 5.6?
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Re: Linux 5.6
#12While announcing Linux 5.6 is relevant to HN, the particular mailing list message regards differences from a previous release candidate. Can someone please explain, in layperson's terms, what has changed from Linux 5.5 (or 5.4) to 5.6?
One big thing is that from now on, Wireguard is included in the official Linux kernel.
https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2020-March/00520...
Re: Linux 5.6
#13Upgraded to a system with an X570 motherboard and an RX 5700 XT graphics card... for the most part, since Kernel 5.3, every release has been more stable and mostly better performing... though having to manually download drivers a couple times from the kernel git repo has been a pain, I really appreciate the effort.
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If only the front end could button up more... Gnome's blank screen + password seems to have a bug that I didn't have the time/ability to overcome and switched to kde/plasma, which imho is really disjointed as an experience in so many ways. I spent about 4 months mostly in Linux, until a few weeks ago, I had to switch back to windows.
As to why the switch back, I couldn't use a VM, as most of the stuff didn't yet support the ahead of LTS kernel I was using, and I needed that for hardware stability.
I will say the efforts of the Kernel team consistently impress me, and is a big part of why I target Linux and/or Docker for most of the work that I do. Docker+WSL2 has been nearly the best of both worlds to me. I still have Linux on another drive, so will probably give Elementary's UI a try next.
Re: Linux 5.6
#14I'm just a kernel newbie looking at small issues in my free time, but seeing my name in the shortlog feels very rewarding.
> in my free time
Thank you! To make it even more rewarding for you :) - I remember there was a report mentioning that most of the work on Linux kernel nowadays is done by salaried employees.
Re: Linux 5.6
#15Upgraded to a system with an X570 motherboard and an RX 5700 XT graphics card... for the most part, since Kernel 5.3, every release has been more stable and mostly better performing... though having to manually download drivers a couple times from the kernel git repo has been a pain, I really appreciate the effort. ----- Rant ahead... If only the front end could button up more... Gnome's blank screen + password seems…
You should perhaps try other desktop environments/windows managers. The linux desktop world definitely does not simply end beyond Gnome and KDE. And very few people seem to be enjoying Gnome much at all, it just seems like a poorly designed environment.
Nowadays I feel like throwing up at the thought of having to switch back to Windows, even in terms of desktop environment and interface. There are just so many more things one can do with Linux, ways to set up everything the way I want and weird Windows quirks to have to deal with.
Especially the amount of extensibility and combinations are amazing. If I like a certain program or widget from one desktop environment, the chances are that I can just run that program while running the other desktop environment, thus combining the total experience into the one that I want. Not every single program can be freely combined of course, but many of them.
Re: Linux 5.6
#16While announcing Linux 5.6 is relevant to HN, the particular mailing list message regards differences from a previous release candidate. Can someone please explain, in layperson's terms, what has changed from Linux 5.5 (or 5.4) to 5.6?
https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges this wiki page currently covers 5.5 but should be updated to 5.6 in the coming days.
Re: Linux 5.6
#17I'm just a kernel newbie looking at small issues in my free time, but seeing my name in the shortlog feels very rewarding.
Keep up the important work.
Re: Linux 5.6
#18Upgraded to a system with an X570 motherboard and an RX 5700 XT graphics card... for the most part, since Kernel 5.3, every release has been more stable and mostly better performing... though having to manually download drivers a couple times from the kernel git repo has been a pain, I really appreciate the effort. ----- Rant ahead... If only the front end could button up more... Gnome's blank screen + password seems…
> As to why the switch back, I couldn't use a VM, as most of the stuff didn't yet support the ahead of LTS kernel I was using, and I needed that for hardware stability.
Did you know that Windows VMs work quite well in KVM and Gnome Boxes is a nice GUI to just install and run a Windows VM? Just asking, because for me it's the first time i'm not using VMWare or Virtualbox but still have the Windows VM for the occasional Windows-only software (but honestly, not like i do lots of stuff within Windows).
Re: Linux 5.6
#19I'm just a kernel newbie looking at small issues in my free time, but seeing my name in the shortlog feels very rewarding.
> in my free time Thank you! To make it even more rewarding for you :) - I remember there was a report mentioning that most of the work on Linux kernel nowadays is done by salaried employees.
> most of the work on Linux kernel nowadays is done by salaried employees.
That's been the case for decades, probably since just after Linus released it.
Re: Linux 5.6
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