Linux kernel 2.6.31 to bring speed-ups?

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Yeah i heard of that one.
They say there is going to be nothing new, except for new hardware support.
And a lot of fixes are expected

When will 2.7.0 come out? That would be the one with real great changes.

Well Linus himself told that now their are only aim is to introduce new features and stabilize it.
The whole kernel is slowing down in performance with every release by almost 12% each release.
Only major bug fixes are looked into and the smaller ones are just petty annoyance.
Hope they look into weight shedding for once.
Plus with the entry of so many new hardware drivers, the kernel is just too slow in detection.
And the fiasco with Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, things are looking dull here.

And for 2.7.0 god know when that will be announced.

Related to this discussion - I was reading an interesting article yesterday in October's edition of Digit magazine, where it was mentioned that Linus Torvalds has himself called Linux as... bloated! Surprised? Check this out:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10358024-16.html

Related to this discussion - I was reading an interesting article yesterday in October's edition of Digit magazine, where it was mentioned that Linus Torvalds has himself called Linux as... bloated! Surprised? Check this out:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10358024-16.html

Yeah, I heard that. There was a discussion over at the Raiden's Realm forums about that. Torvalds is right, there's a lot of drivers and code in the kernel and it just keeps getting bigger. But most monolithic kernels end up that way- Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, and so on. As long as new hardware keeps getting made, there will be need for more drivers and code.
The best way to cut down the bloat is to compile your own kernel with what you need and nothing else. Sorta like Gentoo or FreeBSD.