Kernel 3.4 is now available

Among all the new features in this kernel, improvements to the Btrfs file system stand out, as well as support for NVIDIA GeForce 600 or the RadeonHD Trinity 7xxx series. This kernel also comes with other new features such as memory management fixes, network management improvements, EXT4 file system, NFS, XFS, hfsplus, CIFS and GFS2 file systems. It also introduces some changes to KVM and Xen virtualization.

Main features of Linux Kernel 3.4

• Data Recovery and Repair Tools for Btrfs
• Performance improvements and better file system error handling Btrfs
• Nvidia GeForce 600 'Kepler' Support
• Intel Medfield graphics support
• Support for RadeonHD 7xxx and Trinity APU series
• Security module 'Yama'
• A new ABI X32: 64-bit mode, with 32-bit pointers (avoids 64-bit code overload)
• X86 CPU self-check driver
• GTK2 with reports from the graphical user interface, better montage display, branch profiles, user filtering, etc.
• External read-only support for provisioning LVM volumes as source source
• Verification with the device mapper on the boot path

For a complete list of all added drivers, supported new devices, and other enhancements, feel free to visit Linux kernel official page.

Do not forget that the Linux Kernel is available for download and compilation at www.kernel.org.

Installation

In Ubuntu and derivatives

Friends of ubunteate developed a simple script to facilitate this task, which although relatively simple, can be automated.

To download the script, open a terminal and run:

wget http://ubunteate.es/wp-content/uploads/ubunteate-kernel-3.4.sh

We give it execution permissions:

sudo chmod + x ubunteate-kernel-3.4.sh

And we execute it:

./ubunteate-kernel-3.4.sh

You just have to answer the simple questions that will arise when executing the script (by the way, don't forget to read this little help to know if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit processor).

Finally, although the temptation is great, I recommend selecting option 1 (use packages instead of repositories).