Bug: Linux stole all my files

C|Net | at | by Mike

Programmers have found a bug in newer versions of the Linux operating system that, could cause systems to drop data. The data-loss bug afflicts the newest 2.4.20 version of the heart, or kernel, of Linux. The new kernel was released Nov. 28 in Linux companies' updates but is not yet a part of their packaged products. Although the bug was reported while the 2.4.20 version was still in testing, it wasn't fixed until early Friday morning, two weeks after final release. Data-loss problems are dire--companies devote much of their computing budgets to keeping their information from vanishing into the ether.