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Linux Kernel bumping up to v3.0 soon?

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/linux-kernel-bumping-up-to-v3-0-soon.141271/

NewsBytes
NewsBytes Original post #1
May 25, 2011 at 11:42 AM
The Linux Kernel 2.6.x series has had a long life since its first release 7 years ago, and now it seems like the kernel is ready to make its next big move, to Kernel 2.8.0 or perhaps even Kernel 3.0.
The
2.x.x series of Linux kernels has been around for 15 years now, and
recently the OS has hit its 20th anniversary, a new version for a new
decade sounds as reasonable a reason as any, especially since the Linux
kernel is now released on a time-based release schedule rather than a
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sygeek
sygeek #2
May 25, 2011 at 2:16 PM
Doesn't seem reasonable to me. Any internal sources to confirm the information?
digit.sh
May 30, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Next version of Kernel is indeed going to be 3 :smile: See this and this :goodjob: :clap2:

(soft&micro craps):machinegun2:
skeletor
May 30, 2011 at 5:49 PM
Let us continue here: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/technology-news/141522-linus-torvalds-approves-linux-3-0-rc1.html