Usually, I do not release any kernel package based on kernel version 2.6.31.[0-9] as I had some bad experience with it, plus it didn’t function as I would wished, but after some tests with this new kernel version I end-up with the conclusion it needs to be released.

Because the installation of this packages is the same as any Debian/Ubuntu package, I wont explain it, but I can tell you all what you need to download and from where you can download this packages. First of all, you will need at least the linux-image-2.6.31.5-firebird_1_i386.deb package to be able to use this kernel and you can download it from http://dl.robertalks.com/kernel/2.6.31.5-firebird/ and if you are thinking of building you own kernel, maybe for a different Linux distribution or just because you want to, you can download the source code and kernel config file from http://dl.robertalks.com/kernel/source/.

To end this post, I will ask you again, like every time to test, check, play and use this packages and drop me a note for any issues or even just that it works.

Cheers you all!

The new theme, again is also new and it’s called Mystique and seems a very good option at the moment. It uses jQuery, making the theme and in general the blog look and feel nicer. When it comes to the logo, you will notice a mix between “Robin’s logo” (Batman’s right hand) and a normal text, all done in Adobe Photoshop.

Because change was need it, not just for the looks, but also for the speed of the blog, the blog was moved to a more powerful server, which seems to have a bit of more kick in it and handles the requests faster and maybe even better.

The next logical move, would be to switch from the current MySQL server, which is 5.0.x to 5.1.x which suppose to be the production version and I also believe it would work better too. I’m not sure when I will move to the newer MySQL version, but today or tomorrow I will try to build it. This might mean the blog will be down until I will be able to upgrade also the database from the old version to the newer one.

Anywho, I hope that all of you, who do read this blog, or find useful thing in the blog, will find this new updates much more interesting and pleasant. Also today or tomorrow I will release the new kernel packages 2.6.31.5-firebird, which are based on kernel 2.6.31.5.

So tune in tomorrow and check and test the new kernel. Cheers!