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Fossbytes
April 17, 2018
Linus Torvalds Wants Linux Kernel 5.0 To Be “Meaningless” And “Unpredictable”. April 17, 2018. SHARE. Facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ 6 Year Lifecycle linux kernel lts cycle ... In October 2016, Linux creator Linus Torvalds hinted at a similar possibility. In a recent announcement post for Linux 4.17rc1, he, once again, tried to drop aÃâà...
The Register
April 17, 2018
Linus Torvalds has suggested that the next Linux kernel could earn the number “5.0”. Torvalds' suggestion came in his announcement of the first release candidate for version 4.17, which he said “does not seem to be shaping up to be a particularly big release, and there seems to be nothing particularlyÃâà...
ZDNet
April 17, 2018
Linus Torvalds once said, "If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won." He's won. Of course, Microsoft has long been building applications for Linux. In 2016, Microsoft was releasing SQL Server on Linux. Microsoft has also completely embraced Linux on its Azure cloud. By late 2017, overÃâà...
The Register
April 3, 2018
Linus Torvalds has pulled the trigger and released version 4.16 of the Linux kernel, thereby killing off his own suggestion this release might need an extra week to mature. And here's some fair warning: version 4.17 is set to remove support for eight CPU architectures. That would mean Linux will no longerÃâà...
Fossbytes
April 1, 2018
I guess Linus Torvalds doesn't like to make tons of jokes. That's why after shipping seven release candidates for Linux kernel 4.16, he decided to released the final kernel on April Fools' Day. He might have shipped RC8 just for the heck of it, with no changes, but that's not his style. At the time of RC7 releaseÃâà...
DeeperBlue.com
March 27, 2018
While far better known as the creator of the Linux Kernel, Linus Torvalds is also a passionate scuba diver. In a charming interview with Divelog.Blue, Linus delves into his diving history and current diving habits. The interview also covers Linus' creation of Subsurface, a premier open-source software for diveÃâà...
The Register
March 26, 2018
Linus Torvalds is pretty sure he'll release version 4.16 of the Linux kernel next week. The development cycle for this version has been quiet. So quiet that Linus' weekly pronouncements have been brief, dull and unremarkable, just like each weekly code rollup. But in the last week, Torvalds told the kernelÃâà...
