Linux 4.0 is almost upon us! It’s codenamed “Hurr durr I’ma sheep.†Yes, seriously. Linux kernels have weird codenames.
Setting aside the head-scratching title, Linux 4.0 isn’t a massive change from Linux 3.19. It would have been named Linux 3.20, but lots of people wanted to see Linux 4.0. As Linus Torvalds himself said, “the strongest argument for some people advocating 4.0 seems to have been a wish to see 4.1.15 – because ‘that was the version of Linux Skynet used for the T-800 Terminator.’â€
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