While he has been complaining that Linux is getting more bloated, Linus Torvalds has posted the announcement for the first release candidate of Linux kernel 2.6.32. Ironically the new release candidate is packed full of more of the things that Linus has been moaning about – bloat.

According to Linus the Linux 2.6.32 kernel brings many driver updates, some new drivers, many file-system updates, and much more. What is 'exciting' in the kernel is the ATI R600/700 kernel mode-setting and 3D support along with the VGA Arbitration code and the KMS page-flipping ioctl.

The fact that the drivers are being jacked into the kernel is likely to respark the debate over whether or not the Kernel should be tiny with drivers outside, or large. At the moment Linus has been moaning that Linux is now getting a bit bloated, but it seems he cannot resist stuffing it with more things.