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Linux 3.0 Kernel Has Been Christened

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 22 July 2011 at 01:20 AM EDT. 22 Comments
Officially marking the introduction of Linux 3.x, Linus Torvalds this evening announced the official release of Linux 3.0.

The Linux 3.0 kernel would have been released as the Linux 2.6.40 kernel, until the developers decided to end the 2.6 series and move forward with the 3.x series.

This Phoronix posting details some of the Linux 3.0 features, including file-system Cleancache support, initial Intel Ivy Bridge support, better open-source kernel graphics drivers, and many other hardware driver enhancements.

"So there it is. Gone are the 2.6.

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