Kernel 6.6.6 is out šŸ˜ˆ (cdn.kernel.org)
from pocketman_stuck@lemmy.eco.br to linux@lemmy.ml on 11 Dec 2023 12:40
https://lemmy.eco.br/post/2163478

This is the update metalhead nerds have been waiting for.

#linux

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deathmetal27@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 12:47 next collapse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnN05vOuSM

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draughtcyclist@programming.dev on 11 Dec 2023 12:53 next collapse

I knew what it was, but I clicked it anyway. Not disappointed.

pocketman_stuck@lemmy.eco.br on 11 Dec 2023 13:29 collapse

Right!?

pocketman_stuck@lemmy.eco.br on 11 Dec 2023 13:28 next collapse

Absolute classic!

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 11 Dec 2023 13:46 collapse

yyyyYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh!

Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show on 11 Dec 2023 12:56 next collapse

Itā€™s a fancy number, but the release only fixes some wifi regressions. Nothing wild.

luthis@lemmy.nz on 11 Dec 2023 13:15 next collapse

Yeah, metal as fuck WiFi regressions!

debounced@kbin.run on 11 Dec 2023 14:53 collapse

6.6.5 has been a massive pain in the ass with the MTK wifi in my asus g14. very happy this got released quickly, no more deadlocks!

cheerjoy@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 13:21 next collapse

I mean, wifi drivers have to be made from demonic arts.

pocketman_stuck@lemmy.eco.br on 11 Dec 2023 13:30 collapse

As printers

PixxlMan@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 13:32 collapse

I donā€™t even want to imagine printing over wifi driversā€¦

pocketman_stuck@lemmy.eco.br on 11 Dec 2023 13:40 collapse

Damn!

soupcat@sopuli.xyz on 11 Dec 2023 13:38 next collapse

I had been trying out Linux and finally decided to install it to my ssd. The timing ended up such that I got the wifi issues on the new install but not my old one, and they basically make the OS unusable. I didnā€™t realise any of this and am new so did heaps of reinstalling and searching trying to figure out what had gone wrong since it was all fine when it was installed on my HDD.

I finally found some forum posts and bug reports about this after wasting a day assuming it was something Iā€™d done wrong šŸ˜‚.

Gonna stick to lts kernel from now on I think. 6.6.6 seemed pretty fitting to me, even if it was 6.6.5 that actually broke it.

Cwilliams@beehaw.org on 11 Dec 2023 14:23 collapse

My friend has been complaining about this! Glad to see it fixed

JoMomma@lemm.ee on 11 Dec 2023 13:07 next collapse

Finally, our time has come

milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee on 11 Dec 2023 13:14 next collapse

Daemons Unleashed

AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 13:18 next collapse

FreeBSD is now obsolete

kellyaster@kbin.social on 11 Dec 2023 13:35 next collapse

\m/

Darkncoldbard@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 13:40 next collapse

ā€œThe number of the beast!!ā€

luthis@lemmy.nz on 11 Dec 2023 15:04 collapse

The kernel of the Fix!

RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social on 11 Dec 2023 13:46 next collapse

Wait, crap! Iā€™m already on 6.7.0-rc4 v.v Not gonna accept a lower number just to hail Satan a little extra šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

Besides, 6.7 might have something neat in it. Iā€™m not weird, youā€™re weird!

~ā€¦~ ~I~ ~use~ ~Arch~ ~and/or~ ~Gentoo~ ~bytheway~ <.<

subtext@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 13:57 next collapse

The kernel I didnā€™t even know I needed

pocketman_stuck@lemmy.eco.br on 11 Dec 2023 14:03 collapse

lol

rem26_art@kbin.social on 11 Dec 2023 14:05 next collapse

šŸ¤˜LETS GOOOOOšŸ¤˜

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 11 Dec 2023 14:20 next collapse

We need a petition to make this LTS.

PHLAK@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 2023 00:33 collapse

Long Term Satan?

walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 2023 01:28 collapse

No, because he has already sent the beast with wrath.
ā€” because he knows the time is short.

In any case, let him who have understanding
reckon the kernel of the beast;
for it is a human number;
not a semver number. So donā€™t worry about it. \

yieeeeeeaaaaaaaahhh

ademir@lemmy.eco.br on 12 Dec 2023 02:40 collapse

for it is a human number;

for it is a binary number
its number is 0000001010011010

seaQueue@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 14:52 next collapse

Is it time to start shit posting on myfacespace about the satanic computers running the world already?

TimeSquirrel@kbin.social on 11 Dec 2023 15:15 next collapse

Missed opportunity to bake Doom into the kernel as an Easter Egg.

PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk on 11 Dec 2023 15:21 collapse

ā€œto compile the kernel you must kill me, Linus Romeroā€

oatscoop@midwest.social on 11 Dec 2023 20:44 collapse

ā€¦ I thought Lunix was invented by the infamous Soviet computer hacker Linyos Torovoltos.

dan@upvote.au on 11 Dec 2023 20:58 collapse

Itā€™s an old meme but it checks out. Older than some of the people in this community haha

For anyone that hasnā€™t seen it, itā€™s a reference to this satirical article from 2001: web.archive.org/web/ā€¦/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html

PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk on 11 Dec 2023 23:31 next collapse

Man Iā€™ve seen derivatives of this stuff, but this must be the OG post - thanks for that!

I thought the whole Lunix thing came from the elite hacker JEFF.K!!!11 so Iā€™m chuffed thereā€™s another level to this!

dan@upvote.au on 12 Dec 2023 01:43 collapse

Itā€™s funny because the first time I read it, I thought it was serious and was just written by a tech-illiterate parent. Saying that Comet Cursor and Bonzi Buddy are hacker software kinda gives away that itā€™s just satire though.

oh I guess thatā€™s also something that younger people may not know aboutā€¦ In the late 1990s / early 2000s, it wasnā€™t uncommon for people to install spyware to get things like custom mouse cursors, emoticons, and purple gorillas that help you navigate the web.

oatscoop@midwest.social on 12 Dec 2023 17:57 collapse

Another mirror has the original comments. Theyā€™re exactly what youā€™d expect from 2001.

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz on 12 Dec 2023 00:52 collapse

If you see the word ā€œLILOā€ during your windows startup (just after you turn the machine on), your son has installed lunix.

Wow, thatā€™s a blast from the past! Completely forgot that LILO used to be a thing.

dan@upvote.au on 12 Dec 2023 01:34 collapse

I remember dealing with migrating from LILO to GRUB when I was in high school, maybe 2005ish? Itā€™s been a while. I remember the migration from ipchains to iptables, too (which is happening again now with the iptables to nftables migration)

I used Ubuntu at the timeā€¦ It was a great distro back then. I only had dial-up so couldnā€™t download large files easily, and Canonical or one of their local partners would mail you a CD for free regardless of where you lived in the world. I think that helped a LOT of people get into Linux.

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz on 12 Dec 2023 02:04 collapse

Similar experiences here. I remember waiting for the free CDs bundles with monthly magzines, and add then Iā€™d the CD as a mirror in my repos to update my packages lol

Grimpen@lemmy.ca on 12 Dec 2023 17:23 collapse

Ubuntu was the distribution that had me switch from dual-booting with Windows as default to dual-booting with Linux as default.

I also remember ordering an actual Ubuntu disc, with the extra donation to fund the mailing for free program.

Now years later after lots of distro-hopping I just run Ubuntu LTS, and stay on the very boring LTS branch.

ademir@lemmy.eco.br on 11 Dec 2023 15:35 next collapse

Six Six Six, The kernel of the beast.
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Boards blazed and reviewed codes were praised
As they start to try, hands held to the sky
In the night, the coffee is burning hot
The commit has begun, Linus work is done

ademir@lemmy.eco.br on 11 Dec 2023 15:36 next collapse

feat: @tea_pot_tinhas@lemmy.eco.br

tea_pot_tinhas@lemmy.eco.br on 11 Dec 2023 16:48 collapse

Hehehehe

walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml on 11 Dec 2023 20:33 collapse

This canā€™t go on, I must inform the Hurd,
Can this monolith be real, or just some crazy dream?
But I feel drawn towards the GPL-2,
Seem to mesmerize, canā€™t avoid Tivoization!

ademir@lemmy.eco.br on 12 Dec 2023 02:39 next collapse

omg hahaha this was amazing!

CmdrKeen@lemmy.today on 12 Dec 2023 13:38 collapse

Iā€™m coming back, I will return
And Iā€™ll possess your daemons and make your CPU burn
I have ring 0, I have your cores
I have the power to make my evil take its course

wabafee@lemm.ee on 11 Dec 2023 15:37 next collapse

Canā€™t wait for someone extremely religious question if they should update to this cursed version.

ikidd@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 15:50 next collapse

ā€œTrinity Desktop will not function on this version of Linuxā€

superduperenigma@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 17:15 next collapse

Time to make the switch to TempleOS.

programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Dec 2023 17:51 collapse

Weā€™ll wait until 7.7.7 so all of the religious folk switch to linux

[deleted] on 11 Dec 2023 16:12 next collapse

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pelotron@midwest.social on 11 Dec 2023 17:16 next collapse

Fuck yea, here we go

QuazarOmega@lemy.lol on 11 Dec 2023 19:17 collapse

But- but mah FreeBSD šŸ‘æ

chitak166@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 21:06 next collapse

Lol.

TheyCallMeHacked@discuss.tchncs.de on 11 Dec 2023 22:15 collapse

Youā€™ll have to wait for FreeBSD 66.6, which may happen in a few decades

adam_b@infosec.pub on 11 Dec 2023 16:29 next collapse

Wished they dropped this on the 13th šŸ‘€

1984@lemmy.today on 11 Dec 2023 17:00 next collapse

Iā€™m not installing thisā€¦ Scary. Will wait for 6.6.7 in a few days. :)

cerement@slrpnk.net on 11 Dec 2023 17:43 next collapse

the kernel that lives across the street

Tinidril@midwest.social on 12 Dec 2023 14:28 collapse

Neighbor of the beast.

Hiro8811@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 20:17 next collapse

Iā€™m not gonna update to any other kernel

[deleted] on 12 Dec 2023 00:19 collapse

.

zjaume@lemm.ee on 11 Dec 2023 19:47 next collapse

Ubuntu Satanic Editionā€™s favourite kernel.

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz on 12 Dec 2023 00:54 collapse

And blacklisted by Ubuntu Christian Edition.

zjaume@lemm.ee on 12 Dec 2023 07:46 next collapse

Amen

Petter1@lemm.ee on 12 Dec 2023 09:37 collapse

Lol, I really thought that this is satirical šŸ˜‚ but now it seems so real, Iā€™m confused.

Grimpen@lemmy.ca on 12 Dec 2023 16:50 collapse

It kind of makes sense. First Iā€™ve ever heard about Ubuntu Christian Edition as well, but it seems to mostly be set up with filtering in mind, with the DNS tools and such. Add in productivity software aimed at preaching I guess, and you have a ā€œsafeā€ OS for kids and the laptop hooked up to the projector at a church.

Orcocracy@hexbear.net on 11 Dec 2023 20:08 next collapse

Yay, happy hail Satan day everyone. I remember when Intel chickened out and rounded up their 666 megahertz pentium 3 processors to report as being 667 megahertz. Absolute cowards, no wonder China is kicking their ass.

Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de on 11 Dec 2023 21:50 collapse

Iirc itā€™s a thing for hotels to not have a room number 13.

Petter1@lemm.ee on 12 Dec 2023 09:33 next collapse

And that there is no version 9: no windows 9 no iPhone 9 etc. I think itā€™s s unlucky number somewhere in Asia

Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net on 12 Dec 2023 12:01 collapse

iirc the no windows 9 thing was actually because a lot of software ran a compatibility check like:

if windows version = ā€œwindows 9*ā€ then open legacy mode

This worked for software written for newer windows like xp but still allowing a legacy mode on older windows versions like 95 and 98. Problem was this also put that same software running on windows 9 into legacy mode. So they called it windows 10 to sidestep the compatibility issues.

Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de on 12 Dec 2023 12:21 next collapse

Itā€™s great to see to what lengths Microsoft goes to keep backwards compatibility. Compared to how a minor glibc update broke Linux apps without much warning. Without supporting legacy workflows I donā€™t think Microsoft wouldā€™ve had the market share they have today.

azertyfun@sh.itjust.works on 12 Dec 2023 14:37 collapse

I believe thatā€™s apocryphalā€¦ Some people came up with that theory on twitter, but AFAIK itā€™s not been confirmed. It only matters in some edge cases of an edge case.

And letā€™s be real, if backwards compatibility really mattered, they could have made the API return ā€œNineā€ or ā€œIXā€ or whatever and used ā€œ9ā€ everywhere else in the UI, marketing, packaging, whatever.

The real reason is probably the simplest and stupidest: Microsoftā€™s marketing department got impatient and went for the big round number because 10>9. Also why NVIDIA went 9xx->10xx->20xxā€¦ bigger number = better, itā€™s really that mind-numbingly stupid.

ademir@lemmy.eco.br on 12 Dec 2023 12:05 collapse

In Japan it is number 4 because sound like their word for death (something among those lines)

sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml on 12 Dec 2023 12:28 collapse

which is kinda stupid because they have two words for 4 (shi and yon) and only shi sounds like death.

ademir@lemmy.eco.br on 12 Dec 2023 13:03 next collapse

Well, what superstition isnā€™t stupid?

OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 2023 14:36 collapse

If itā€™s anything like Korean (and it probably is), itā€™s specific when you can use each version of the word so itā€™s not like you could simply swap shi for yon

dramaticcat@discuss.tchncs.de on 11 Dec 2023 20:55 next collapse

šŸ˜ˆšŸ˜ˆšŸ˜ˆšŸ˜ˆšŸ˜ˆšŸ‘¹šŸ‘¹šŸ‘¹

root@aussie.zone on 11 Dec 2023 21:33 next collapse

If this post gets 666 upvotes hell will definitely break loose lol

CohortCzort@lemmygrad.ml on 12 Dec 2023 09:58 collapse

Iā€¦ We did it.Got the 666thā€¦ ground rumbles, and ruptures bringing forth the second comming of the year of the linux desktop

southernwolf@pawb.social on 11 Dec 2023 22:59 next collapse

šŸ¤˜šŸ»

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 2023 03:34 collapse

THWIP

[deleted] on 11 Dec 2023 23:48 next collapse

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ulkesh@beehaw.org on 11 Dec 2023 23:51 next collapse

Proof that the Linux kernel is the Debil!

floridaman@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 12 Dec 2023 00:12 collapse

pacman -Sy base-devil ā€¼ļøā€¼ļø

RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social on 12 Dec 2023 00:37 collapse

yay devil šŸ˜ˆ

Edit: For those who donā€™t use Arch ~bytheway~, yay is an ā€œAUR helper:ā€ basically a frontend for our package manager that adds support for building packages from source.

TheFriendlyArtificer@beehaw.org on 12 Dec 2023 01:02 collapse

Hail, SATAN!

Grimpen@lemmy.ca on 12 Dec 2023 16:46 collapse

SATANā€™s popularity diminished after the 1990s.

Wikipedia quote of the day.

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz on 12 Dec 2023 00:57 next collapse

And hereā€™s a customary video of metalhead nerds celebrating.

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cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 12 Dec 2023 00:57 next collapse

does this mean steve ballmer was right?

walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 2023 01:42 collapse

Oh wow I didnā€™t realize he repeated ā€˜developers, developers, ā€¦ā€™ 666 times on that event.

LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 2023 02:14 next collapse

I CAN FINALLY GO TO HELL! šŸ”„

micnd90@hexbear.net on 12 Dec 2023 03:27 next collapse

Tell me why I should upgrade from my Linux 4.20 kernel

ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee on 12 Dec 2023 14:37 collapse

CVE-2020-25220

[deleted] on 12 Dec 2023 09:05 next collapse

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moonleay@feddit.de on 12 Dec 2023 10:45 next collapse

now we can merge the bsd source tree

psud@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 2023 10:58 next collapse

Thereā€™s a song 6.66 (1/100th of the number of the beast)

But nothing for 6.6.6

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CmdrKeen@lemmy.today on 12 Dec 2023 13:42 collapse

Iron Maiden would like to have a word with you

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Adanisi@lemmy.zip on 12 Dec 2023 12:51 next collapse

Does it come with vi (vi vi)?

Hairy_MacBoon@monero.town on 12 Dec 2023 13:10 next collapse

Going to lock this version with versionlock and keep it permanently

taanegl@beehaw.org on 13 Dec 2023 08:19 collapse

How about just fork it, remove all previous tags and commits, then form a cult around the repo.

They say if you compile it at midnight the caves in Russia that are said to emanate the sound of hell starts sounding like a 56k modem.

Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works on 12 Dec 2023 13:20 next collapse

None of you read Hebrew. Wrong Number.

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 31 Dec 2023 09:58 collapse

Whatā€™s the right one?

Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works on 31 Dec 2023 10:06 collapse

616

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 31 Dec 2023 10:09 collapse

Cool. An example, for the curious.

Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works on 31 Dec 2023 10:24 collapse

I donā€™t give a flying fuck about anything NT. They have more changes to that book than there are letters in it.

Donā€™t get me wrong, I donā€™t take the OT with any literality either but at least they didnā€™t make edits like that so there really is some attribution that can be handed to the writers back in the day. Notably, that they actually wrote that. I donā€™t really go any further than that though.

Do you know how we have knowledge of that level of accuracy in what we can read today?

Also, that, because I do have zero belief in anything, ever. Thatā€™s like paying donating to a guy to rape your kids. Literally.

MacNCheezus@lemmy.today on 12 Dec 2023 13:32 next collapse

The end times have arrived.

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works on 12 Dec 2023 14:42 collapse

ā€œItā€™s all for you daemon!ā€