Linus Torvalds has closed the merge window for Linux 4.3 by releasing Linux 4.3-rc1 a day earlier than the normal release cycle. Torvalds released the 4.3-rc1 in just under 15 days after…
Tag: Linus Torvalds
Linux 3.18-rc1 released one week early
Linus Torvalds has released Linux 3.18-rc1 in two weeks post Linux 3.17 release instead of previously announced three weeks. Explaining the reason behind the early release, Torvalds revealed that he managed to…
Linux 3.18-rc4 is ‘pretty calm and small’
Torvalds continues his Sunday rc release cycle
Linux 3.17-rc2 released on Linux’s 23rd anniversary
The Kernel guru deviated from the standard Sunday release cycle for sentimental reasons.
Linux 3.17-rc1 released
The latest kernel seems to be smaller compared to its predecessors and doesn’t contain huge architecture changes.
Linux 3.16 final released; Linux 3.17 merge window timing ‘sucks’
Linux Kernel Summit, LinuxCon and other Linux Foundation events may force Torvalds to extend the Linux 3.17 merge window
Linux 3.16-rc7 released; final may be tagged next week
After a rather bumpy week, things have calmed down to a great extent and if things remain this way Torvalds will release Linux 3.16 final next itself.
Linus Torvalds: “GCC 4.9.0 seems to be terminally broken”
Torvalds believes that the compiler shouldn’t have been allowed to ‘graduate from kindergarten’.
Torvalds releases Linux 3.16-rc6; warns that he may get grumpy if things don’t calm down
The latest release candidate is bigger than its predecessor and Torvalds is none too pleased.
Linux 3.16-rc3 released
This time Torvalds didn’t miss the Sunday schedule and the rc release is back on track.
Linux 3.16-rc2 gets a Saturday evening release
Torvalds breaks the Sunday release cycle again – because he is travelling, again.
Linux 3.15 released
Yet another stable Linux Kernel released with tons of new features.
Linux 3.15-rc7 released
Linus Torvalds is back on his regular release cycle.
Linux 3.14 deferred by another week; Linux 3.14-rc8 released instead
Instead of releasing the final version of Linux 3.14, Linus Torvalds has released Linux 3.14-rc8 this week. “I delayed things a day from my normal schedule, hoping I’d feel more comfortable doing…
Linux 3.14-rc1 announced; Torvalds says codename has nothing to do with ‘Pi’
Linus Torvalds has announced closure of Linux 3.14 merge window and with that released Linux 3.14-rc1 just before a few hours. Torvalds revealed that the kernel’s codename has nothing to do with…