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Enterprise-Worthy Improvements in the 3.7 Linux Kernel

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https://www.linux.com – The 3.7 Linux kernel was released just in time for Christmas, gifting us with a host of enterprise-worthy and desktop user additions and improvements. Just in time for Christmas, the 3.7 Linux kernel was released on December 10, 2012, and brings with it 64-bit ARM support plus a multitude of improvements and changes. The main changes are: ARM Multi-platform and 64-bit support TCP Fast Open Server Side support SMB2 protocol support NFS V4.1 support BtrFS updates VXLAN support perf trace Cryptographically-signed kernel modules Intel "Supervisor mod (Software)

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