New Features in Linux 2.6

Linux is getting better! New features are constantly being added to ensure its integrity and increase its functionality. The following is a list of key new features in Linux 2.6. Note that some of these features have been backported to various 2.4-based distribution releases:

• New architecture support (x86-64)

• Hyperthreading/SMT support

• (O)1 scheduler

• Preemption support

• NUMA

• NPTL

• I/O scheduler support

• Block layer rewrite

• AIO

• New file systems

• ACL

• Sysfs

• Udev

• Networking improvements

• Linux security module

• Processor affinity

• Module rewrite

• Unified driver model

• LVM