Test this new Linux kernel – but don’t forget Christmas or that you have a family, says Linus Torvalds Linus Torvalds has confirmed that version 5.16 of the Linux kernel will take a little longer to develop than usual, thanks to Christmas. “Things are calming down, and rc6 is fairly small,” he wrote in his weekly State of the Kernel post. “That's normal for this time in the release schedule, but it's also normal for this time …
Not been a Penguinista for a few years now, I work with Windows, and have MS at home too, so my only concession is a laptop dual booting with Kali and Mint, but that being said, there is STILL that little tingle down the neck, knowing the next RC is about to drop, and I have NO idea why ffs :o)
I am NO Linux Guru, nor even a Windows one truth be told, but it's just nice to hear the 'alternative' OS is still alive and kicking, long may it do so
"the 'alternative' OS has a market penetration".
It's not only phones and stuff like that.
All the TOP500 supercomputers run Linux like all those big guys like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Ebay, the Stock exchange run on Linux simply most of the Webb.
But on the desktop it's is still Windows because that is what they sell to consumers or it's Apple in an Apple shop.
What people working at Google and similar have in front of them is still probably Windows.
> But on the desktop it's is still Windows because that is what they sell to consumers or it's Apple in an Apple shop.
I know you were talking about the desktop, but how much of Apple Inc is also running on Linux? How much of what is not processed locally in your gadget is processed remotely on Linux?
Well my pay as you go Tracfone that is a Samsung phone was getting updates. Will have to look into why it now cannot find the server. I found a link in the update section and see it lists 2 or 3 more updates after the last one I got. So I guess I have something to look into on my days off.
"recent versions of the kernel don't fully respect systemd and that Torvalds is too arrogant to fix his broken code."
That Poettering might be too arrogant to fix his own broken code is of course unthinkable. His obvious path is to fork the lazy penguin and, from here on, maintain his own kernel within the glorious SystemD architecture. I really do not understand what is holding him back.
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