Linus今早放出最新稳定版内核2.6.27,距离上一个版本2008-07-14的2.6.26过了将近3个月(基本3个月一个新版本),经过9个 RC版.2.6.26出到2.6.26.6,2.4系列是2008-09-07的2.4.36.7.这个版本的改进包括:新的基于闪存设备的UBIFS文件系统，无锁的页面缓存，增强了直接I/O的可扩展性和性能，ext4的延时分配，多队列网络，设备块层完整性支持，sysprof支持，增强了对视频摄像头的支持，支持Intel wireless 5000系列和RTL8187B网卡，以及其他一些新驱动，和其他的一些增强和修正。

2.6.27 add a new filesystem (UBIFS) optimized for "pure" flash-based storage devices, the page-cache is now lockless, much improved Direct I/O scalability and performance, delayed allocation for ext4, multiqueue networking, an alternative hibernation implementation based on kexec/kdump, data integrity support in the block layer for devices that support it, a simple tracer called ftrace, a mmio tracer, sysprof support, extraction of all the in-kernel's firmware to /lib/firmware, XEN support for saving/restorig VMs, improved video camera support, support for the Intel wireless 5000 series and RTL8187B network cards, a new ath9k driver for the Atheros AR5008 and AR9001 family of chipsets, more new drivers, improved support for others and many other improvements and fixes.

Linux Kernel 2.6.27下载地址:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.27.tar.bz2