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Linux Kernel 3.0?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the cuz-2.x-is-just-stale-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A discussion on the Linux kernel mailing list between Linux creator Linus Torvalds, Linux guru Ingo Molnar, and a few others debated the name of the upcoming stable kernel release. The choices: 2.6 or 3.0. Evidently there's been enough improvements, most notably the VM, that they're leaning towards calling it 3.0..."

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  1. Re:It's all marketing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    can make or break millions of dollars.

    None of which will end up in the developers' pockets, so the whole point is actually moot. I hope they call it 2.6 just to piss the money people and suits off.

  2. Calling it 3.0 is bad by nr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    f**k 3.0, give us 2.6 and contuine the same path with 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 until we reach 3.0. Big jumps in version numbers sucks bigtime.