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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Linux 3.0: More important than you think ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Development process improvements]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think a large part of what is so much better nowadays about Linux is the result of a disciplined and well managed development process.  Lots of regression tests and a good patch management process have improved the stability of the code tremendously.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ivank2139]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:01:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sound in Debian]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I am having no problem with sound in Debian. In fact it allows me to use 2 sound cards, one for applications and gaming, the other for music, in surround sound with a subwoofer and I have actual physical channel db gauges. If you are having issues with sound in Debian try using wrappers for your applications such as padsp or alsa-oss. Debian works great with sound, but like other things with opensource software you have to invest some time to get it going sometimes. Good luck.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sysop-dr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:03:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What's the big deal??]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Doesn't Microsoft do a major version renumbering with every Windows??? Now they ran out of moniker ideas and we will just go from Windows 7 to Windows 8, which in fact will be Windows 7.2 or 7.3.LOL]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zenith545]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:05:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Distro matters, not kernel]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[So will this do anything to explain how to restore sound support in Debian distro that has been missing, presumed cancelled somewhere, since they moved it to 'non-free' optional?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerriais]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:38:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hoping it does not break even more &amp;quot;old&amp;quot; device support]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-346662-3477363]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I am getting to dread new releases as more and more device support is dropped (or just plain messed up as with recent xorg &quot;updates&quot;) for the older hardware I have no reason to get rid of from a functional standpoint - still works under WinXP.  I seem to see Linux fanboys (vs &quot;serious supporters&quot;) throw out there every so often how wonderful Linux is about keeping old hardware from being scrapped - BS!Oh, sure I can keep the older versions, but then I get behind on the security updates.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aroc]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:24:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My operating system is Ubuntu 11.04]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-346662-3477271]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...which is 4.04 better than Windows 7. If Mozilla had numbered Linux kernels they'd be up to 17 by now]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[james.vandamme]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:50:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's an arbitrary marketing tool]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Unlike for-profit OS developers, when we all work on our branches, we change the version number for revision control, not market appeal.  I veiw the development of linux as a evergrowing mountain, as it ages and developes we say &quot;here is good place to stop&quot; , mark down where we are, and give it out.  But since you climb a mountain one step at a time 3000 feet is only one step more than 2999ft , which are arbitrary marking points and not naturally signifigant.  The fact that we can assume stability, support, and funcion has been a building proccess as well.  It could have been 2.7 , but the 3.0 choice was made to generate articals like this, and pump up the public image, and more free advertising ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ShawnS427]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:32:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Very well said]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I totally agree. It is all about giving options. Unless you are one who desperately needs one of the newly added ones, you just use it and trust them. Linux is full of problems but it is good enough to be my operating system of choice. And choice is what I care about most.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bornbyforce]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:31:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Linux 3.0]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I really don't care what it includes...all I know is that the Linux community provide me with a genuine option to avoid using the products of the despicable Microsoft. Whether it has every function, indeed the functions described are more or less unintelligible to me, I really don't care. It does the job and does it well. A heartfelt thankyou Linux community.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bistra@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:52:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It could be something big but....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I learned a long time ago never trust anything where the version starts with 1dot or ends in dot0. I'll wait for 3.0.1.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[PVBenn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:39:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hi say yaaaayyyhhh!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-346662-3476754]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Great something for....nothing is free! This is going to be a major turn to the linux comunity and for IT world too. This is great!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[realvarezm]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:49:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Significant but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My clients have been running key apps on Linux for years.  In 2004 one of my clients opted for linux over AIX.  It has been considered &quot;industrial strength&quot; for at least that long by many others as well.  I think it was significant when Big Blue went linux.  Even IBM's BCU for linux (aka appliance calculator) goes back to 2006.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[stephanie.white@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:21:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Psychology]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is the psychological impact, and that is why, in my mind, 3.0 is a lot better than 2.7...Let people feel like it is so much better, and for marketing, 3.0 is much easier to sell to people who have had bad experiences in the past. You can say the new version is fixed (from the much older versions, it really is), and then it's not as much of a fight to get them even to try it.This really only affects marketing and the devs, not the current users. Easier to market and sell, and new under-the-hood stuff for the devs... but the users will not really see any difference. Much nicer engine under the hood is easier to sell the car on, and it's nicer for the mechanics to work with... but the user still sticks in the key, turns it on, and drives the same way they did before.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[shryko]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:56:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[of course]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[and sarcasm can't be read online :Pat least he's got humour about the BS of bureaucracy. :P]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[shryko]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:48:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Probably about time..]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Since I started using Linux, there have been a multitude of changes to the kernel, and only small insignificant version number changes. It probably could have, or should have reached 3 some time ago. But I guess that perhaps Linus was being conservative with his version numbering.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mrdt]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:56:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rolling the odometer on the Linux kernel has been long overdue]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Linux kernel has been incidentally improved for years.  It really is high time that we rolled the odometer on the Linux Kernel version numbers.  While version 3 is not so much a change in functionality, it is an acknowledgment of the change in perception from the work-in-progress OS to the undisputed master of the super-computer world.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[opensourcepcs@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:39:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What's in a Number?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Linus has it right:  Arguing over numbering is silly and time is better spent discussing other things.  We use a lot of software that stays in beta or sub-1 versions for years.  The only reason we assume that a number change means improvement is because... it is supposed to mean something has changed for the better.  Would we expect it to get worse?  This doesn't just apply to the Linux kernel.  It applies to all software.Why did they take the kernel to 3?  Considering how few changes were made, why not 2.7 or whatever?  (To be honest, I don't even know what version I have installed right now.  That's how little I care.)  They could have taken it to 5.  Oh, but that's twice the improvement, right?  Why think that?If the boss man wants to rewrite the numbering scheme and relate it to release date, he could do that and stop all the hand wringing by developers.  The point is this:  It is just a number.  There's nothing significant in it and, thus, no hoopla.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam S]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:20:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[2011:  Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Again, the whole discussion re: &quot;Linux&quot; is a non-starter.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rfolden@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:12:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here's to the pure beauty of it]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If I remember correctly, my first running kernel was 0.11. I've used and studied Linux since then and I'll be eager to install 3.0. Just for the pure beauty of it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[john.mountcastle@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:07:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ha! I love this discussion.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-346662-3476287]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Let's see if it stays as intelligent, interesting, and amusing for the next day or so. Best wishes.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:10:38 -0700</pubDate>
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