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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 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?

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

    They're merely version numbers, after all.

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

    Closing tags do not take attributes
    /wooooooosh