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Linus Torvalds Says Linux 4.0 Could Be Out In Three Years

Posted by timothy on from the next-step-only-got-to-3.3 dept.

darthcamaro writes "The wait between Linux 2.x and 3.x was a long one, but the wait to Linux 4? Well, that will only be a matter of three years, according to Linus Torvalds. '"It's just mentally much easier for people to remember the small number," Torvalds said during the LinuxCon conference in San Diego [Wednesday]. "We'll do 4.0 in three years maybe when the sub numbers have grown in the 20's and our feeble brains can't handle it."'"

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  1. Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Firefox will be up to 1,376,265.1 by then.

    1. Re:Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, Chrome will have reached version googol by that time.

    2. Re:Firefox by ciderbrew · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah. Just reset the numbers and call all the older stuff "Silver Age". Simple..

    3. Re:Firefox by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

      3 years, at 52 weeks per year, is 156 weeks.

      o.O Mother of god... are you a wizard? How did you do that?

    4. Re:Firefox by magpie · · Score: 4, Funny

      Meanwhile debian will be on 6.0.6 (though they might still be on 6.0.5).

    5. Re:Firefox by Robert+Zenz · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm pretty sure someone at Mozilla/Google is planning to put the Browser into the Web as Web 2.0 application.

    6. Re:Firefox by Zibodiz · · Score: 5, Funny

      chrome will be 1,376,270.0.1246.0-1349675

      But it'll still be in beta.

    7. Re:Firefox by anethema · · Score: 3, Funny

      http://buttcoin.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/disco-stu.jpg

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    8. Re:Firefox by 680x0 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm installing KDE version 1066 tonight. It comes with William the Konqueror.

  2. Operating Systems research is dead by Hazel+Bergeron · · Score: 3, Funny

    These days it's all about dumb terminals and VAXclusters.

    1. Re:Operating Systems research is dead by Teresita · · Score: 4, Funny

      When the Linux kernel reaches version 4.0 it will be the Year of the Linux Desktop. Real Soon Now.

  3. So he's saying... by SpectreBlofeld · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...that age is just a number?

    Alternatively: "Life begins at 4.0".

  4. Small number? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's just mentally much easier for people to remember the small number,"

    How about 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001?

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  5. Re:Just numbers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope they will at least break backwards compatibility in order to justify the change.

  6. Re:Also by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Closing tags do not take attributes
    /wooooooosh

  7. Re:Also by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Score: +5 amusingly pedantic.

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  8. Even Torvalds now? by Urza9814 · · Score: 3, Funny

    When will this quick versioning madness end?!!?

    1. Re:Even Torvalds now? by Hieronymus+Howard · · Score: 4, Funny

      Exactly. Why don't they just copy Apple's current system and call it 'The New Linux Kernel'?

  9. Re:Eh... by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are only two versions of Arch. Up to date and out of date.

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  10. Re:Also by mwvdlee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nor do closings of sentences take punctuation marks, apparently.

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  11. Re:Rasta Kernel by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

    But something tells me getting from 4.20 to 4.21 will take a really long time, man.

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  12. Re:Eh... by Nimey · · Score: 4, Funny

    LILO had error messages? If you call getting to LIL a message, I suppose.

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  13. Really mods? by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Insightful?" Not "Funny?"

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  14. Crisis of Infinite Firefoxes? by tnk1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Warning: This extension is only supported by the latest versions of Firefox-616.