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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 ThePhilips · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This is an factually incorrect statement.

      3 years, at 52 weeks per year, is 156 weeks. With a version bump every 6 weeks, in 156 weeks, FireFox would reach version: current version + 156/6 = 15 + 26 = FireFox 41.

      What I'm trying to say here: one doesn't even have to exaggerate...

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    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 Filip22012005 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Your mistake is linear extrapolation. Firefox' versioning seems to be exponential.

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    4. 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?

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

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

    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.

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

    ...that age is just a number?

    Alternatively: "Life begins at 4.0".

  3. Does it matter? by CadentOrange · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're merely version numbers, after all.

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

    Closing tags do not take attributes
    /wooooooosh

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

    Score: +5 amusingly pedantic.

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  6. 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.

  7. 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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  8. 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 Nimey · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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

    "Insightful?" Not "Funny?"

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

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