Almost twelve weeks after the release of Linux kernel 2.6.26, Linus Torvalds has now released 2.6.27, the next kernel version to emerge from the main development branch of Linux. With more than a million new, changed or rearranged lines of source code once again offers many changes which will eventually benefit normal users even if they don't usually deal with the central structures of their Linux systems.

Two new and several improved Wi-Fi drivers considerably improve the Wi-Fi support in Linux. While the uvcvideo USB webcam driver was added in 2.6.26, version 2.6.27 now also offers the gspca webcam driver to further improve webcam support under Linux – future Linux kernels and the corresponding distributions can, therefore, communicate with a wide variety of Wi-Fi chips and webcams "just like that", without requiring the user to take care of any driver configuration or installation. A large number of more, less or even less important driver adaptations as well as numerous changes to the infrastructure surrounding the drivers extend or further improve the Linux kernel's hardware support.

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