• Linux Kernel 3.0-rc1 released in time for the 20th anniversary celebrations
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[quote]Yay! Let the bikeshed painting discussions about version numbering begin (or at least re-start). I decided to just bite the bullet, and call the next version 3.0. It will get released close enough to the 20-year mark, which is excuse enough for me, although honestly, the real reason is just that I cannot longer comfortably count as high as 40. The whole renumbering was discussed at last years Kernel Summit, and there was a plan to take it up this year too. But let's face it - what's the point of being in charge if you can't pick the bike shed color without holding a referendum on it? So I'm just going all alpha-male, and just renumbering it. You'll like it. Now, my alpha-maleness sadly does not actually extend to all the scripts and Makefile rules, so the kernel is fighting back, and is calling itself 3.0.0-rc1. We'll have the usual 6-7 weeks to wrestle it into submission, and get scripts etc cleaned up, and the final release should be just "3.0". The -stable team can use the third number for their versioning. So what are the big changes? NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. Sure, we have the usual two thirds driver changes, and a lot of random fixes, but the point is that 3.0 is *just* about renumbering, we are very much *not* doing a KDE-4 or a Gnome-3 here. No breakage, no special scary new features, nothing at all like that. We've been doing time-based releases for many years now, this is in no way about features. If you want an excuse for the renumbering, you really should look at the time-based one ("20 years") instead. So no ABI changes, no API changes, no magical new features - just steady plodding progress. In addition to the driver changes (and the bulk really is driver updates), we've had some nice VFS cleanups, various VM fixes, some nice initial ARM consolidation (yay!) and in general this is supposed to be a fairly normal release cycle. The merge window was a few days shorter than usual, but if that ends up meaning a smaller release and a nice stable 3.0 release, that is all good. There's absolutely no reason to aim for the traditional ".0" problems that so many projects have. In fact, I think that in addition to the shorter merge window, I'm also considering make this one of my "Linus is being a difficult ^&^hole" releases, where I really want to be pretty strict about what I pull during the stabilization window. Part of that is that I'm going to be traveling next week with a slow atom laptop, so you had better convince me I *really* want to pull from you, because that thing really is not the most impressive piece of hardware ever built. It does the "git" workflow quite well, but let's just say that compiling the kernel is not quite the user experience I've gotten used to. So be nice to me, and send me only really important fixes. And let's make sure we really make the next release not just an all new shiny number, but a good kernel too. Ok? Go forth and test, Linus[/quote] [url=https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/29/204]Source[/url] (LKML mailing list) Some things to look out for: [quote]There are several new features in Linux 3.0, including a Microsoft Kinect Linux driver, support for cleancache, updated graphics drivers, optimizations for Intel platforms (Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge) as well as AMD’s Fusion APUs.[/quote] Get compiling, folks - [url]http://kernel.org/[/url]
Wow, Linux is only about two years older than I am. I should celebrate! Too bad I'm the only nerd I know that's big enough to celebrate the release of the Linux kernel.
Just installed it, looks like my Arch setup starts up a little bit slower. :v:
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;30157559]Wow, Linux is only about two years older than I am. I should celebrate! Too bad I'm the only nerd I know that's big enough to celebrate the release of the Linux kernel.[/QUOTE] We can celebrate together.
wtf 20 years and they're only up to 3.0?!?!?! haha dumbasses mac is up to version 10! [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling" - birkett))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=tngr;30174508]wtf 20 years and they're only up to 3.0?!?!?! haha dumbasses mac is up to version 10![/QUOTE] Can't tell if stupid or just trolling...
[QUOTE=Gaeel;30175083]Can't tell if stupid or just trolling...[/QUOTE] He's both
[quote] There are several new features in Linux 3.0, including a [b]Microsoft Kinect Linux driver[/b], support for cleancache, updated graphics drivers, optimizations for Intel platforms (Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge) as well as AMD’s Fusion APUs. [/quote] I might just buy a Kinect for this alone. And if it does not work at all i will have a nice paperweight.
I think this is awesome.
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;30157559]Wow, Linux is only about two years older than I am. I should celebrate! Too bad I'm the only nerd I know that's big enough to celebrate the release of the Linux kernel.[/QUOTE] Pha, sad pillock. I'm actually just as old as the linux kernel! No seriously, I was born in 1991.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;30210267]Pha, sad pillock. I'm actually just as old as the linux kernel! No seriously, I was born in 1991.[/QUOTE] Me too. :O
I'm a few months older than linux :smug: not as awesome though :smith:
I live 150km from the place where Linus studied.
Holy god! If wikipedia is anything to go by (and it usually is), my birthmonth coincides with the release of the 0.02 kernel!
Is this all that this thread is going to consist of from this point on?
[QUOTE=tngr;30174508]wtf 20 years and they're only up to 3.0?!?!?! haha dumbasses mac is up to version 10! [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling" - birkett))[/highlight][/QUOTE] kill yourself [editline]6th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Gaza Pen Pal;30224470]I'm a few months older than linux :smug: not as awesome though :smith:[/QUOTE] I think you are! :buddy:
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;30229426]Holy god! If wikipedia is anything to go by (and it usually is), my birthmonth coincides with the release of the 0.02 kernel![/QUOTE] I remember seeing a git repository on git.kernel.org that had all the really old Linux releases in it going back to the first version. I'd link you to it, but git.kernel.org isn't working for me at the moment. [editline]6th June 2011[/editline] Ok, I got it. [url]http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/ancient-linux.git;a=summary[/url] It says it's Unverified, but the dates should be somewhat accurate. [editline]6th June 2011[/editline] I dunno, it says 0.01 is 17 years old.
Happy Birthday Linux, may you find many fish for your penguin. I like using Linux on old PCs, may move to it proper when Steam is released for Linux. :argh:
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