Linux 3 Has Launched!

Jakarta - Linus Torvalds, the initiator and manager of the Linux kernel, has been officially call the next version of Linux as Linux 3.

It was inaugurated by Linus in his post on the Linux Kernel Mailing List as quoted from Phoronix, Tuesday (31/05/2011).

"I decided to be reckless and started calling the next version 3.0. It will come out pretty close with the celebration of 20 years, that's enough excuse for me, although to be honest, the real reason is that I can not feel comfortable counting to 40," said Linus.

Figures 40 is referred to Linus is the latest Linux version that should touch the number 2.6.40. This change had previously been discussed Linus in the same mailing list.

As the main organizer kernel, Torvalds does seem to have some 'right prerogratif'. Included in this set a new numbering. But this time he was sure his decision will be welcomed by the community.

Unfortunately, said Torvalds, scripts and rules to the Makefile can not be arbitrarily dictated. As a result, the kernel is technically will have the names 3.0.0-RC1 (RC1 is a release candidate, because it is still not final).

Torvalds says there's still time 6-7 weeks to perform cleaning and other scripts. Hence, in the final release of the Linux kernel that can be named 3.0.

Finnish men were warned that Linux 3.0 does not have a massive change. "Nothing is broken, no new features are scary, there's no variety like that," he said.

Since several years the Linux kernel releases have been made based on the time and not based on features. The reason for this change was considered more precise about timing, ie the 20 th anniversary.

Some things that will be included in the release of Linux 3, among others, including statements to the ARM processor-based systems, improvements to the Virtual Machine to support Kinect (Microsoft Kinect Linux Driver).

"So, please berbaikhatilah me and just send the repair is really important. And let's make sure the next release is not just about numbers of interest, but also produces a good kernel. Ok?" he insisted.