A seventh release candidate for Linux 3.5 was published over the weekend, following a large number of small pull requests submitted by kernel developers. This led Linus Torvalds to tell the developers, "Not cool guys. Not cool."...
A seventh release candidate for Linux 3.5 was published over the weekend, following a large number of small pull requests submitted by kernel developers.
As you are probably aware, Linus Torvalds had decided to bump the version number of the upcoming Linux kernel to 3.0. The development for Linux 3.0 has been going on for a while with the first release candidate being released on May 30th.The sixth release candidate was supposed to be the last one.
Linus Torvalds has announced the immediate availability of the fifth release candidate in the 3.9 branch of the Linux kernel.
It seems that not even Easter could stop Linus Torvalds from launching yet another release candidate. The development for the latest version of the Linux kernel must go on.
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Among the most visible features in the 3.6 kernel release is a “hybrid sleep” capability much like what has long been offered by Microsoft Windows. But plenty of other goodies also promise to improve life for Linux users, however.
Linus Torvalds announced last evening, December 3, that the eight and last Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.7 kernel is now available for download and testing. Linux kernel 3.7 RC8 fixes last-minute bugs, especially the kswapd issue. The final release of Linux kernel 3.7 should see the light of day next week if everything goes as planned.
On March 17, Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability of the third release candidate in the 3.9 branch of the Linux kernel. According to Linus Torvalds, this latest version of Linux kernel is not big and implements a regular number of changes and improvements. “Not as small as -rc2, but that on... (read more)
On April 21, Linus Torvalds announced that the eight and last Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.9 kernel is available for download and testing.
Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the seventh and possibly the last release candidate for the Linux 3.7 kernel series.
This new release candidate for the Linux kernel 3.7.x is nothing too fancy, but it is bigger than the previous version, containing significant block layer that will need furt... (read more)
Yesterday, Linus Torvalds announced the release of the final stable version Linux 3.0. With the release of Linux 3.0, Torvalds has finally brought Linux out of the 2.6.x series, which had been in development for more than seven years.Linux 3.0 was actually planned for release in the second week of July, but a bug with the RCU meant that he had to release another RC instead.
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