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Linux kernel release 6.x

Zoom777 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:03:14 +0800

Linux 6.0-rc6 is released on 18 September 2022, is mainly focuses on bug fixes among the new features that are set to be released with the final version.

What is Linux?

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Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6.

https://kernel.org/doc/html/v6.0-rc4/admin-guide/README.html

Why is it named Linux kernel 6.0?

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After the release of version 5.19 of the Linux kernel, people were expecting 5.20 as the next version. However, Linus Torvalds, developer of the Linux kernel decided to go on with 6.0 as the version number. But this decision was only based on the numbers; the “20” in 5.20 was a too big number, so Linus changed the “5” and it became 6.0. Nothing revolutionary comes with Linux kernel 6.0; it is a usual kernel release.

What’s new in Linux kernel 6.0?

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* CPU-related changes
* Additional changes for CPUs
* Virtualization improvements
* GPU driver support
* File system changes
* Other changes

Some of the remaining new features/fixes of Linux kernel 6.0 are listed below:

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* UEFI mirrored memory is now supported on AArch64 systems
* ACPI PRM is now supported on AArch64 systems
* New parameter to set a new hostname: “hostname=”
* Run-time verification feature for safety-critical systems
* Some networking optimizations
* WiFi7 preparations

The new Linux kernel is expected to be released on the 2nd of October, 2022.

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For more information, kindly search "linux kernel 6" with your favorite search engine.

Has anyone start a Discourse-based forum?

Zoom777 — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:11:13 +0800

http://discourse.org

Have you seen the Discourse-based forum? Unlike traditional forum, all posts are on the main forum according to categories.

I am working with one and having some SMTP mail configuration issue.

I hope more Malaysians will join and start more online community based on Discourse. (While it is free and open-source, the hosting package is not cheap, I have to pay USD 15 monthly)

Some animated GIF I created

Zoom777 — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 01:57:53 +0800

Long and interesting rally between L.C.W and V.Axelsen in Japan Open 2017 final.

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The power of Angel.

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Infographic: Malaysia’s Best-paying Jobs In 2017

Zoom777 — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:06:56 +0800

I find this useful. I hope you enjoy reading it too.

Source: https://www.imoney.my/articles/malaysia-hig...aying-jobs-2017
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A new mental health forum

Zoom777 — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 02:16:16 +0800

Please feel free to visit http://skizofrenia.net

You can visit http://forum.schizophrenia.com (US based, not mine) but the above is mine in Malaysian version (in Chinese).

EDIT: Recently I upgraded the forum software to Discourse.

Microsoft Small Basic

Zoom777 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:06:46 +0800

Microsoft Small Basic puts the "fun" back into computer programming. With a friendly development environment that is very easy to master, it eases both kids and adults into the world of programming.

The setup file is only 5MB.

http://smallbasic.com

English is a stupid language, why?

Zoom777 — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 20:29:54 +0800

Let's face it English is a stupid language.

There is no egg in the eggplant, no ham in the hamburger and neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in Eng-land, French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted.
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly, boxing rings are square and guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth.
If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught.

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways.

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language where a house can burn up as it burns down and in which you fill in a form by filling it out. And a bell is only heard once it goes!

English was invented by people, not com-puters, and it reflects the creativity of the hu-man race (which of course isn't a race at all). That is why when the stars are out they are visible, but when the lights are out they are invisible. And why it is that when I wind up my watch it starts but when I wind up this story it ends?

And more..................

Some food for "Thought".......

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
Why is a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?

If horrific means to make horrible, does terri-fic mean to make terrible?
Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen de-frocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons de-barked and dry cleaners depressed?

Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars in the universe you will believe them, but if they tell you a wall has wet paint you will have to touch it to be sure ?

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disori-ented?

If people from Poland are called "Poles," why aren't people from Holland called "Holes?"

"Like" Button

Zoom777 — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:17:10 +0800

Be able to like a post. It is one of the way to acknowledge somebody's post too.

If it is at all possible. Thank you!

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Discourse

Upload speed faster than download speed

Zoom777 — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:56:32 +0800

How could it be?

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Missing thread

Zoom777 — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:16:01 +0800

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=74&t=4258075

I just want to know if the thread was deleted due to:

1. Only topics that are debatable and are open for discussion should be opened in this section.

Or because of other reason? (so that I will learn from my mistake this time)

Thank you.

My understanding of "vibe"

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

What do you do to feel happy?

Zoom777 — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:18:43 +0800

I found out that I keep pursuing ways to make myself feel happy. Happiness is the motivation, no matter it is as simple as coffee beverage, or window shopping, or spending time browsing the web forum. What do you do to feel happy? After all, happiness is the ultimate goal of every religions on earth.

Car plate number

Zoom777 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 20:31:05 +0800

'VB 6', 'VC 6' for computer programmers.

It costs you big bucks.

My understanding of "vibe"

Zoom777 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 18:55:41 +0800

vibe
vīb/
noun informal
1. a person's emotional state or the atmosphere of a place as communicated to and felt by others.

I find the following information interesting:

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Recent research has revealed that the heart has much more control over the brain than was previously known.
There are tens of thousands of sensory neurons that relay information from the heart to the brain.
In fact, the heart sends more information to the brain than the brain sends to the heart.

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“The heart produces hormones released into the bloodstream” that affect the entire body.

“The heart emits an electrical field 60 times greater in amplitude than the activity in the brain and an electromagnetic field 5,000 times stronger than that of the brain.”
“The heart generates the largest electromagnetic field in the body. The electrical field as measured in an electrocardiogram (ECG) is about 60 times greater in amplitude than the brain waves recorded in an electroencephalogram (EEG).”

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The cardioelectromagnetic field information transmitted from an individual who is angry, fearful, depressed or experiencing some other negative emotion, takes on beneficial properties when it is influenced by positive emotions.
...Positive emotion not only transmitted throughout an individual’s body as the cardioelectromagnetic field radiates through it, but transferred externally as well to people in close proximity...

Do you think we can feel the bad vibe or good vibe in close proximity or even long distance?

Comic

Zoom777 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 12:30:30 +0800

"...As if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth"

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