Linux 3.8 Released

[wraggster]

Linux kernel 3.8 has been released (https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/18/476). This release includes support in Ext4 for embedding very small files in the inode, which greatly improves the performance for these files and saves some disk space. There is also a new Btrfs feature that allows for quick disk replacement, a new filesystem F2FS (http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/10/05/1913256/samsung-creates-new-file-system-f2fs-for-linux-android) optimized for SSDs; support for filesystem mount, UTS, IPC, PID, and network namespaces for unprivileged users; accounting of kernel memory in the memory resource controller; journal checksums in XFS; an improved NUMA policy redesign; and, of course, the removal of support for 386 processors (http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/12/12/1414238/linux-nukes-386-support). Many small features and new drivers and fixes are also available. Here's the full list (http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.8) of changes

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/02/19/0136213/linux-38-released