Linus announces linux 3.0

[Hwæt]

VLC did the same thing.

Gotta love the asymptotic behavior of some open source projects, especially WINE.

[gnomeuser]

Linus lies, there is something huge in 3.0. They finally fixed that annoying kswapd taking 100% CPU and making the machine unusable for up to double digit minutes issue.

I, for one, welcome my incremented kernel version overlord.

I already submitted the SRU request to have the fix applied to Natty (and likely below as the fix is fairly simple, ~8 lines)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/789982

[Lucradia]

I'm surprised no one blatantly bashed Linux 3.0.0 yet that it doesn't have multi-GPU Support:

The Linux 3.0 kernel will also lack a number of features including the Reiser4 file-system, the VIA KMS/DRM driver, an accelerated Poulsbo / PowerVR DRM driver, multi-GPU rendering, and various other long sought after items. The major Linux kernel power regressions have yet to be resolved as well, but that's still on my TODO list to finish bisecting those two nasty bugs.

[Dustin2128]

I believe I will start calling this idiotic versioning number e-peen jockeying the "chrome syndrome".

[Lucradia]

I believe I will start calling this idiotic versioning number e-peen jockeying the "chrome syndrome".

+1 to that. Chrome made a mess.

[Artemis3]

I'm surprised no one blatantly bashed Linux 3.0.0 yet that it doesn't have multi-GPU Support:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item&px=ODA1OQ

I find that feature particularly unappealing. I don't believe in bundling 2 different gpus in a netbook and constantly switching one to the other. Better make a single gpu consume less when its not taxed. It doesn't feel right at all.

If you thought this had anything to do with sli or crossfire, you were very wrong.

[Lucradia]

If you thought this had anything to do with sli or crossfire, you were very wrong.

Then why does the article make it seem that way >_>

[Bandit]

Going to 3.0.0 without any changes drives me crazy. Although if its had all those extra ham radio drivers & etc.. removed into a cleaner package to build on, then that is something in my book worth going to 3.0 on.

[trizrK]

'Bout time! jk

[gnomeuser]

I believe I will start calling this idiotic versioning number e-peen jockeying the "chrome syndrome".

And yet with the ever increasing 2.6.x releases you had companies claiming to ship 2.6 kernels, but being 7 years behind.

Aside that we are now very far from the 2.6 kernel released many years ago.

I would though have adopted a 201X.[1-4] scheme to reflect a state in time easily and it would reflect the defacto standard that we do 4 kernels a year - every 3 months. It's been pretty regular for a while now. I think such a scheme would fit nicely with a foundational component.