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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:Testing 2.5 by Webmonger · · Score: 4, Informative

    The 'testing' time frame-- probably the closest thing to that is the planned Oct 31 feature freeze. After that, the focus should be on getting it into a releaseable state.