back to article Linux 4.8 gets rc8

Chill, penguin-fanciers: Linux lord Linus Torvalds is sitting on the egg that is Linux 4.8 for another week. As Torvalds indicated last week, this version of the kernel still needs work and therefore earned itself an eighth release candidate. He's pretty sure 4.8 will hatch next week, writing that "I didn't get the feeling …

  1. Cirdan
    WTF?

    Huh?

    "He's pretty sure 4.8 will hatch next week, writing that "I didn't get the feeling that there was no point in doing one final rc"."

    That's definitely crypto... Or at least cryptic.

    ... Cirdan...

    1. oldcoder

      Re: Huh?

      Unlike most other software releases...

      Linux doesn't get released until its developers think it is ready.

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      2. asdf

        Re: Huh?

        >Linux (kernel) doesn't get released until its developers think it is ready.

        Yeah and then three years later (more like 5 for RHEL lol) when they finally show up in Debian they are more than ready.

  2. IGnatius T Foobar

    Linux/Linux

    Happy to see that there is an upcoming release of the Linux kernel, which is an important part of the Linux operating system.

    1. choleric

      Re: Linux/Linux

      Does the T stand for Troll?

    2. asdf

      Re: Linux/Linux

      GNU is not UNIX as any gray beard can tell you about the hairball bash. Still when HURD finally takes over the world people will quit saying Linux mwahahahaha sorry.

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