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Kernel release status
The current development kernel is 3.0-rc1, released on May 29. Linus said:
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.
See the separate article below for a summary of the changes merged in the second half of the 3.0 merge window. Stable updates: The 2.6.38.8 and 2.6.39.1 stable updates were released on June 2. This will be the last 2.6.38 stable release, so users should move to the 2.6.39 series. (Log in to post comments)
2.x -> 3.x Posted Jun 3, 2011 16:00 UTC (Fri) by jeremiah (subscriber, #1221) [Link]
At least this time no one got the bright idea to run a logo competition again. Which means I don't have to screw it up again. :)
2.x -> 3.x Posted Jun 6, 2011 22:12 UTC (Mon) by mastro (subscriber, #72665) [Link]
IIUC this isn't a switch to 3.x from 2.x, but from 2.6.x.
Linux has dropped a digit.
2.x -> 3.x Posted Jun 7, 2011 12:22 UTC (Tue) by jeremiah (subscriber, #1221) [Link]
I know. I was just getting sentimental about the major version number change. :)
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