Zack’s Kernel News

Zack’s Kernel News

Article from Issue 130/2011
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Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

There has been much giddiness and consideration of the Ballmer Peak as a result of Linus Torvalds’s recent announcement that a 3.0 kernel release was imminent.

Not everyone was thrilled about the version change. On learning that Linus did not intend to include any extreme changes in this release beyond the version number itself, Mustapha Rabiu remarked, “We applaud the fact that it’ll be just as hideous as 2.6.x.”

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