Linux 4.9

What are your thoughts so far?

Useless garbage

i hate penguins

Pile of trash

Gentoo install

Wasn't this the kernel with AMDGPU support for GCN 1.0 cards

2016 and it's only version 4.9?

meh will stay on ubuntu kiddie

botnet

Not so many extravagant changes, only low level improvements.

Give me one good reason why I should use linux, the world's most useless operating system, instead of ubuntu

what are you doing on this board? get out ritardo

Way to prove me wrong with literally no argument you virgin.

does linux still use unity? how can i hack like mr robot?

You need Gnome

bbr is great

I'm hype for virtually mapped stacks. Some fucking security, finally.

Now if they'd put in a mitigation for atomic refcount overflows, that'd be great.

did linus fix the linux filepicker already?

It's not on arch yet.

Still no games

epik trole xDD

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Literally just compile it yourself.

make localmodconfig && sudo make modules_install install && reboot

Thank you! I tried my hardest ;P

>nonfree software
no

Get Linux-libre instead.

Will linux help me be a cute girl(male)?

>not changing 4.8 to 4.9 in pkgbuild

B...B....B...but...

>Using arch in the first place
It's on you, really.

Even Debian has 4.9-rc8 in the repos

Not on 4.9 yet

But user, Sup Forums told me Debian has old and outdated packages from years ago.

Debian has everything.

Debian oldstable is for old biter people who can't let go of the past
stable is rocksolid and will never let you down
testing is up to date and doesn't break
sid is cutting edge while still having the same packaging quality that makes Debian the BEST DISTRIBUTION ON EARTH

No

Windows will be your best option

Threadly reminder that Windows 10 is so shitty there's still more Windows 7 users than 10 users, and 10% of people who just stopped upgrading after the shitshow that was Vista.

> Debian
> BEST DISTRIBUTION ON EARTH
I think you misspelled Gentoo few times. Please be more careful.

Good thing i use FreeBSD

>Linux desktop 4.8.0-30-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 2 03:43:27 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Rocking this motherfucker on my gamein rig, bruh :-)

PS: good double numbers. Check mine :-)

>55
Nice dubs

thanks! Thought no one will notice, because they are hidden as fuck xD

>over the years Gentoo has suffered from a dropping popularity.
>In 2003, Gentoo was fourth most popular
>Gentoo was placed 18th in 2010, 20th in 2011, 22nd in 2012, 33rd in 2013, and 38th in 2014

DEAD
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DEAD

the question is, how does it compare to Windows 4.9?

>being this new

let me know what it's like

Yes but you'll never get rid of the creepy dude voice

>669
lol that one number is flipped XD
Would have been nice trips, bro!

>no games

into the trash it goes

Solus is the new meme

Looking forward to 4.9 hitting Ubuntu MATE so I can finally run it on my desktop.

I personally use KDE myself.

I'm waiting till it hits stable channel. I don't use mainline kernels.

Already running 4.9rc8 on my manjaro machine
Just werks
Don't understand how manjaro is even ahead of arch

i miss when arch was bleeding edge

>inb4 switch to testing repo
yeah, nah.

KDE is not a hacker linux though. You can merely crack WEP wifi with kde

Nope. AMD wanted hundreds of lines commited to the kernel, which was denied.

KDE is a DE, not a kernel.

At least get it right. That code was for their unreleased architecture. 4.9 does have AMDGPU improvements.

you must be new here
I am an executive and I'm running Linux KDE all the time.

i love lnux
i ple tuxkartracing as a kid
linux is fun
GIMP rocks

It is still not good as good with hacking as windows is though. Windows has better hacker tools, like loic and shit.

>>inb4 switch to testing repo
i tried that once

You're not even using Windows? lol nice piece of shit operating system which you can't even play games on.

I'm with you. Except GIMP has always been terrible.
We have Krita now if you're not specifically into photos only.

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you mean hundred thousand?

I own a ps4 for that.

>below PC-BSD
Jesus Christ, nobody takes gentoo seriously anymore

no one has ever taken gentoo seriously.

Good thing its going to be the new LTS

Its -rc that doesn't really count, and you are using the testing repo

No because AMD is utter shit

Just use grsec already.

>make localmodconfig
>not make randconfig

You mean the guy who's so autistic when you report a vulnerability he blocks you on twitter and on his personal website, then proceeds to whine about it on LWN like a full on sper/g/?

The New York Stock Exchange runs on Gentoo

idk, but 4.9 made my wifi card stop working so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

idk what changed, I did the upgrade same as usual (copy kernel config, make oldconfig, make), maybe one of the new options broke the wifi driver

>still on 4.4

did you make modules_install
if you have then maybe the kernel option was replaced, idk m8

I did, so yeah no idea really. To get it to work initially I had to add the name of the firmware I needed to a line to tell it to include it in the kernel (some change related to systemd or something made it so you need to include firmware in the kernel, not as separate files), maybe that part broke.

Switch to staging

>doesn't follow responsible disclosure guidelines
>complains about it on Sup Forums

sometimes system administration can be a bitch
godspeed

Then you'd get blocked silently and no one would know their shit is insecure, I don't see how that's any more responsible.

When upstream is autistic or has Oracle-tier ethics, the only policy is Full Disclosure

Alright so it's SystemD breaking stuff for no good reason again

No interesting changes compared to 4.8

>NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow said Red Hat Enterprise Linux would be central to operations

no games

What is steam?

pixel indie garbage and half assed ports = no games

Topkek. Let's just ignore Valve games for a start, why don't you?

You're in denial.

wow all 10 of them!

8 of the 10 top played Steam games right now have Linux support

There's literally thousands of steam linux games, and that includes the most popular ones.

But you probably care more about feelings than reality, you fucking consumer.

DELET

and 90% of them are shitty indie games

The worst thing is that CIV 6 didn't go linux this time around. Valve is killing linux gaming by focusing on VR instead of steam machines. The hype is gone and developers are seeing low numbers and they're not porting their new games. ;_;

That's a crappy argument considering ALL of Steam is 90% shitty indie games

That's because 90% of all games are. How biaised can you even be.

Steam machines were a thinly veiled threat to Microsoft trying to close down their platform, not a serious plan.

I bet you didn't even check the release dates. Civ V was on Win/Mac first and then ported to Linux so it's not out of question.

Pathetic damage control

>VR
Going to have the same fate as 3D movies and TV. Goddamn money grabbers shoving memes down our throat

Technically, the rejected code was for their HAL that is being shared with their Windows driver. Linus & co. don't like HALs very much.

>damage control
? It's simple math