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The 2.6.29 kernel is out

The 2.6.29 kernel is out

Posted Mar 27, 2009 14:59 UTC (Fri) by Spudd86 (subscriber, #51683)
In reply to: The 2.6.29 kernel is out by thedevil
Parent article: The 2.6.29 kernel is out

It moves responsability for large amounts of graphics hardware state out of X and into the kernel, this lets all kinds of things happen.
- Mode only gets set once as you boot (no flicker when X starts)
- Kernel can display panic messages while X is running
- X doesn't need to be root anymore


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