Future of 2.4 and 2.6 Kernels

Blair16 writes "According to this article on C|Net, not everybody is chomping at the bit for the new Linux 2.6.0 kernel. Marcelo Tosatti, the appointed deputy for the 2.4 kernel is not expecting to make any non-crucial additions to the popular kernel, saying that all new projects should be pumped into the new 2.6. This has upset some people who are not quite willing to move to so-called untested software. Some of their claims seem legitimate, but I wonder if all these people will really be left in the cold?"

Comments

Re:Future of Linux generally

[Sanity]

Say the zero-install servers get hacked and compromised. Instant virus on millions of computers at once.

And that never happens with Debian or Gentoo... Such hacking is an occupational hazard with *any* installation system, there is nothing about 0Install that makes it particularly vulnerable.

Hello BeOS. This will be nice, but its been done before.

So what?

The future of linux may include these things, but people will sooner care about the new X-server patches with alpha blending and such than they will about this stuff.

Um, no. 99.9% of computer users couldn't care less about such things.