Wednesday saw the release of both the movie "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (LotR:RotK) and the Linux 2.6.0 kernel. Those who enjoy geek humor should read the discussion on slashdot.org from people who are lost in the agonies of trying to decide whether to go see the movie or to compile the new kernel first. I have been running 2.6.0-test11 on a machine for several weeks and it is very good. The configuration/compiling process is much cleaner than in previous versions of the kernel and I really like the support for ATAPI optical drives.