Kernel 2.6.31 is here and with that also the Debian/Ubuntu kernel package, called 2.6.31-final. Because this is a final release or a start of a new release (2.6.31), I wont named it after a rock band or anything like that.

Like usually, this kernel includes the latest bug fixed, features and improvements, plus acerhdf module for Acer Aspire One, coretemp fix for Intel Atom CPU’s and a bit of configuration settings to make sure it works better and faster. Also this new package release includes some more support for other laptops/computers besides Acer Aspire One and Lenovo laptops.

Testing of this new kernel was done already on two computers/laptops, a Lenovo T61 and an old Dell OptiPlex GX200 and seems to perform and work quite well, actually I have the impression it works a bit faster. On the old Dell, I’ve done some PHP benchmarks and seems that the times are lower with about 1 seconds, which means an increase in speed with 1-2 seconds to the overall tests, but this doesn’t mean it’s 100% sure will work better for everybody, seems that in my test or in my case it does perform better. To make sure that there aren’t any issues with this new release I would love to get some comments and feedback regarding this new kernel. So drop me a comment/feedback to see how everything works and also do not forget to check out what changes are included in this new kernel, for that please visit http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.

If you wanna use this kernel package you have to remember that at least linux-image-2.6.31-final_1_i386.deb package have to downloaded and installed. To be able to download the packages, please go to: http://dl.robertalks.com/kernel/2.6.31-final/.

For developers or those who wanna rebuild the kernel for themselves please go to http://dl.robertalks.com/kernel/source/ and download from there the source code plus the config file for the kernel and then just build it.

Cheers!