LinuxCon+ContainerCon Europe 2016

Learn how to improve Linux by testing new kernels and fighting regressions. Both is easy and in your own interest, as the kernel (which is at the heart of any Linux system) constantly changes. Those changes sometimes break things that used to work; in other cases the performance suffers. These regressions are annoying, but can be fixed easily – however only when noticed and investigated early enough, as it gets way harder to revert a change once it makes it into a new kernel release.

This talk and its live demo will show you how to quickly test upcoming kernel releases without messing up your system. It will also explain how to report problems in case you find any. While covering those areas Thorsten will share some insights he learned while tracking regressions for the Linux kernel versions 4.7 and 4.8.