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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On January 9, Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the third release candidate for the Linux 3.8.x kernel series.
The development process is going back to a normal pace or at least this is what Linus Torvalds has told us in the announcement for the latest Linux kernel, 3.8 RC3.
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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)
Linux Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 2.6.39. Compared to Linux 2.6.38, this is a rather modest release. Nevertheless, there are some new exciting features, and a few bugs worth mentioning.Announcing the release, Torvalds expressed some doubts as to whether he should have done a RC instead of the final build.
Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the third released candidate for the Linux 3.7 kernel series. According to Linus Torvalds, this new release candidate for the Linux kernel 3.7.x branch holds nothing extraordinary, with just a few memory leak fixes in USB serial drivers and some other stuff.
Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the second released candidate for the Linux 3.7 kernel series.
Linux kernel 3.7 RC2 comes with a lot of new features, according to Linus Torvalds. Among the listed changes, we find that now the "uapi" includes file cleanups.
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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.
On February 18, Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the final version of Linux Kernel 3.8 Linus Torvalds has announced that the final version of the new Linux Kernel, 3.8, is now ready for download and he even hinted that he waited a couple of days to launch it in o... (read more)