Download Linux Kernel 3.5

Version 3.5 of the Linux Kernel has been released. The kernel is the heart of the operating system and, simply put, it sits as a layer between the hardware and the applications. The new kernel has, among other things, improved support for hybrid graphics cards, can calculate checksums on metadata in the ext4 file system, keeps statistics about errors in the Btrfs file system and contains some new drivers. More information about the improvements in this release can be found at kernel newbies and The H†

Prominent features in Linux 3.5

• ext4 metadata checksums
• Uprobes: userspace probes
• Seccomp-based system call filtering
• Bufferbloat fighting: CoDel queue management
• TCP connection repair
• TCP Early Retransmit
• Android-style opportunistic suspend
• Btrfs: I/O failure statistics, latency improvements
• SCSI over FireWire and USB