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Linux Kernel Ends The Year At 20.8 Million Lines
The mainline Linux kernel is up to 20.86 million lines spread across more than 52 thousand files, as the latest statistics for the kernel as we end out 2015.
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MARS Replication System Still Being Worked On For Upstream Linux Kernel
Thomas Schoebel-Theuer on behalf of Germany's 1+1 Internet continues working on bringing MARS to the upstream Linux kernel.
Thomas describes MARS as, "an asynchronous replication system for block storage over long distances. It is the base for HA over long distances (more than 50km) and over network bottlenecks, e.g. high / varying packet loss rates." MARS is short for Multiversion Asynchronous Replicated Storage. The project is described in much more detail via its PDF manual.
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NVIDIA Linux Driver 2015 Year-in-Review
Similar to the recent open-source year end driver recaps (Nouveau, Radeon, and Intel), here's a recap of NVIDIA's binary driver activities for 2015 along with some benchmarks comparing the performance of the proprietary driver over the past year.
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