securitybreach Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 A brand new version of the Linux Kernel — the heartbeat of the modern world (if we you want us to be poetic about it) — has been released. The arrival has been announced by Linus Torvalds (who else?) on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (where else?) and comes almost two months after the first entry in the new 4.x series. Levity aside, and like every release before it, Linux Kernel 4.1 features a big set of changes. These touch everything from hardware compatibility to power management to file-system performance and technical fixes for obscure processors you’ve never heard of. What's New In Linux 4.1? We've gone through the (vast, long, lengthy and at times technically unintelligible) change-log to pick out some highlights that may not feed hyperbole but may impact on you, a desktop users. Power Improvements The big headline user-facing feature you’ll find in Linux 4.1 are the wealth of performance and power efficiency improvements committed for Intel’s Cherry Trail and Bay Trail chips. SoCs and devices, such as the Intel Compute Stick. Anecdotal suggestions are that Linux Kernel 4.1 gives select combinations of newer Intel hardware as much as an extra hour of battery life. Such high gains are not likely to apply to anything but a very specific sub-set of chips and systems (and high-end ones at that) but it’s still exciting to hear of. Highlights of Linux 4.1 include: EXT4 gains file-system level encryption (thanks to Google) Logitech lg4ff driver improves ‘force feedback’ for gaming wheels Toshiba laptop driver gains USB sleep charging and backlight improvements Rumble support for Xbox One controller Better battery reporting in Wacom tablet driver Various misc. power improvements for both ARM and x86 devices Samsung Exynos 3250 power management improvements Support for the Bamboo Pad Lenovo OneLink Pro Dock gains USB support Support for Realtek 8723A, 8723B, 8761A, 8821 Wi-Fi cards http://www.omgubuntu...el-new-features 4.1.2-1 just hit the Testing branch in Archlinux: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Testing in ArchLinux. Will wait till Debian stable gets it LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Nope, it's already been released as stable according to Linus Torvalds @ https://www.kernel.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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