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Linux Kernel 3.0 Released
Suchetha writes "In a posting on his Google+ page Linus Torvalds announced the launch of Linux kernel 3.0. This follows the kernel missing the planned release date of the 19th because of 'a subtle bug.'"
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So, what's so special about Google+ that he preferred it over Twitter?
And here comes the 30th centuary!
Juhu!! A new milestone begins!
So how much (if) Google is paying Mr. Torvalds to tweet (erm, microblog) about the release? (Maybe we could call G+ tweeting "G-t"-ing).
Linux 3.0 feels a lot like Linux 3.0-rc7-git10. It really does! I installed the new Nvidia driver (also out today) and so am running both as I type this. Why do I get the feeling that I had an easier time building a new kernel and installing new video drivers than most Mac users have had installing MacOS Lion?
But does it run Linux?
imho is far worse than goatse
From 3.0 on they will be now be referred to as "Subtle Features".
That's games like Carmageddon, right?
Most Mac users don't use video drivers.
Or at least none that they are aware of.
"Money is a sign of poverty." - Iain Banks
you guys can share bunk beds
2011 will be the year of Linux on the desktop!
Too bad the biggest change in linux 3.0 is the fact that it's called linux 3.0
I hope that is not an ill omen.... .
-SS "Teach the ignorant, care for the dumb, and punish the stupid."
Now that they have found "the subtle bug" in Linux, I can sleep better knowing that 3.0 won't have bugs.
Time to switch to an OS that is quick.
I still find the ZX81 OS has a very agreeable footprint and user experience.
Make menuconfig and be happy.
It isn't. If you're counting operating systems on mobile platforms, Android beats all the other smartphone platforms.
Operating system share, Q4 2010
* Android : 33%
* Symbian : 31%
* iOS : 16%
* Blackberry : 14%
* Windows Mobile : 3%
* Other : 3%
The Android kernel is a fork of Linux.
Mod down, frivolous warning about a goatse that isn't actually a goatse.
Is there nothing the open source community won't copy from Microsoft?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Er- no. 2% usage on the desktop/laptop equates to around 20 million with about a billion desktops in the world if I recall correctly. There are not 20 million windows phone users.
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Obvious 4chan troll is obviously not suited to trolling
"People don't want to learn linux" hasn't been a valid excuse since '03.
... but I ain't gonna hold my breath, tho
BTW, any idea what new features that will appear on version 4.0 of Linux?
Just to be certain, this was a joke, right?
Subtle means it has potentially serious effects but is hard to investigate in detail. Subtle != !serious.
-- The Grand Teddy Bear has Spoken: "Windows 8 Source Code Available NOW! more disgusting than your pr..."
why? Microsoft mostly worked on improving earlier microsoft hyper-v code, it was below standards and needed a lot of work to be of acceptable quality. you could also state you will be upgrading immideately so earlier bad microsoft code will be replaced by acceptable quality ASAP! whatever you prefer either bad or good code from microsoft on your machine.
anshin anshin.
You JERK
Just to be certain, this was a joke, right?
It's no joke.
Linux Radio is now broadcasting the Linux 3.0 kernel live! http://www.linux.fm/ Pay attention to the kernel, listen to its wisdom : it speaks the truth!
Get the real announcement on LKML: http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/21/455
They contributed code to a specific driver, used for running Linux under their own virtualisation solution. You won't even build that code unless you select that driver. It is the biggest single contribution to this release because this is the first release after they finally cleaned it up enough to get accepted in to the mainline kernel.
# cat
Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
Oh, Linux kernel is only on v3.0 !!,
that is not half good as Windows
and not even a third of MacOSX.
So if I mount /home nfs4 sec=krb5, will I be able to come back to the machine the next morning and not have it sitting there spinning a whole core irrecoverably moaning that the GSS session expired? NFS is supposed to just block when things go away...
The last time this all worked properly was 2.6.32 seemingly (Debian stable).
What happened to the weeks of automated testing?
Actually it is a joke, and it is very funny; you just don't realize it. The changes made by M$ were very specific to one area of code related to VM support for Windows. The changes were specifically requested by the kernel developers to fix M$'s sloppy work. Also, all changes made were signed off in true Open Source fashion. There is no reason to worry that M$ has tainted anything.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
I just went to www.linux.org and...
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So it finally made it out of staging? That's great. Their previous drivers have been a little lacking; I've had them lock up on me. Is the enlightened mouse driver in there as well?
SSC
I for one will be testing 3.0 out to see how stable it is. We run Hyper-V in house (mostly a Windows shop, actually founded by ex-MSFTies) and we had to add some Linux images. It's probably not production quality, but I'd like to get a chance to test drive it to see what improvements we can expect down the line. Now they need to update their SCOM agent for Linux....
SSC
For a while its going to be like when the year changes and you keep writing checks with the previous year by mistake. Probably 99% of Linux users have only used a 2.0 series kernel. Heck, Slashdot didn't even exist before the 2.0 kernel.
Desktop? Linux is 0.2%, as in less than one percent. 1/5th of 1 pct. Not to worry. 2012 is definitely the year. Mark my words. Again.
Is zero even or odd?
A follow up post said that it will have to be 3.0rc7, and that there will be at least another RC due to a couple bugs.
If this follows the pattern of Microsoft Windows, this means that Linux has finally reached the point of offering what Linux kernel 1.0 promised, and has become usable as a day-to-day operating system. When Linux kernel 3.1 comes out, it'll finally have the features it needs to become widely used, and application developers will start treating it as their primary business-critical platform, instead of just a necessary kludge for certain kinds of apps!
Which may mean that version numbers don't really mean as much as some people think.
http://alternatives.rzero.com/
Is zero even or odd?
Yes, probably.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
0 mod 2 = 0, so zero is even.
2% is just wrong. more like 0.2% or more accurately, a rounding error.
Wealth is the gift that keeps on giving.
0 mod 2 = 0, so zero is even.
0 mod 1 = 0, so zero is odd.
Is zero even or odd?
based on the two above segments, I'd say, YES. Is it odd? yes. Is it even? yes. Is it neither? yes. Is it both? yes.
Linux 3.0 quantum computing? possibly.
source: google.com
queries:
0 mod 1
0 mod 2
Is zero even or odd?
Yes, probably.
yes. source: google.com
0 mod 1 = 0, so zero is odd.
Any integer mod 1 = 0. So every integer is odd?
x = 0 (mod 1)
means x is an integer
x = 0 (mod 2)
means x is an even integer
x = 1 (mod 2)
means x is an odd integer
Grandparent is an idiot.
Eat statistics microsoft shill!
"People don't want to learn linux" hasn't been a valid excuse since '03.
we were talking about desktop/laptop share. the wiki link includes servers too.
Wealth is the gift that keeps on giving.
Usage share of web client operating systems.
Emphasis mine. Linux use actually has been growing the past few months. Not that I think this or next year will be the year of linux on the desktop.
"People don't want to learn linux" hasn't been a valid excuse since '03.
Also, parent answered with "`Yes', probably" and in Boolean a True result is used as 1 or "Yes" in this category, thus the truth is always odd while the lie is even.
zero is a lie. 0 != 1. There is no such thing as an equal or "even" result. We are doomed, but the Truthers will keep marching oddly.