In this release, like in the previous ones, you get the same goodies, acerhdf module (0.5.20) for Acer Aspire One netbooks, coretemp patch for Intel Atom processors, enabling of kernel mode settings for Intel i915 video driver plus a custom kernel configuration to run a bit more faster and smoother. The kernel mode settings will help those of you who use a newer version of Ubuntu/Debian, also will improve the booting screen, not so much flickering as before.

Also, to not forget, I have remove from e1000e module (driver for Intel Ethernet controllers) a very annoying error reporting, which seems to be harmless. The guys called it AER (Advanced Error Reporting), but the only thing you would get would be some kernel error similar to this: pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting failed 0xOFFFFF. The error appeared in kernel version 2.6.30, which never affected the Intel ethernet adapter.

To install this new kernel packages, you need to use dpkg and of course to download at least linux-image-2.6.31.6-dragonfly_1_i386.deb package from http://dl.robertalks.com/kernel/2.6.31.6-dragonfly/ (US/CA) or http://mirror.visualserver.org/kernel/2.6.31.6-dragonfly/ (CZ) 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/ (US/CA) or http://mirror.visualserver.org/kernel/source/ (CZ).

Please test this new kernel packages, play with them, abuse them and in case of any issues please drop me a comment or mail.

Ceers!

I’ve been waiting for this release for quite a while now. I’ve tested most releases since 8.04 and I had to stick to 8.04 due to the stability and functionality of it. Most of the new releases had issues and problems, from the Intel video driver issues to simple instability of the system for every day use.

Tried already the beta and RC version of Ubuntu 9.10 and until now I can only say nice things about it. Nice gnome changes, like removal of images in the buttons, speed up and more functionality. In plus this new release should also be faster and more stable compared to the previous releases.

This release comes with the latest kernel version 2.6.31, updates for all packages included in this release, Ubuntu One for backup, sharing of files, AppAmor new profiles and version, hal deprecation, new Intel driver architecture, moving from EXA to UXA video acceleration method and so on.

The changes are big and endless to write them here now. But if you are interested in this new release, go to the Ubuntu download page http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and take this new release for a spin, I really thing you will enjoy it.

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!

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!