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Le 04-03-2026, vallor <[email protected]> a écrit :

Linux 7 is right around the corner.

Running the release candidate 2. No changes needed to
the NVIDIA driver. xfwm4 still has vblank=off.

Why did you expect something else? The number 7 is just that: a number.
As Linus claimed a lot of time: there is nothing significant in a
number. Once the second number starts to be too high, the first number increase. But that mean nothing. Switching from 6.18 to 6.19 should be considered as the exact same thing as switching from 6.19 to 7.0.
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 20:58 this Wednesday (GMT):

On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 16:44:44 +0100, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

W dniu 4.03.2026 o 10:42, vallor pisze:

Linux 7 is right around the corner.

Micro$lop is far ahead - Widblow$ turn ver. 11 (YES!!! ELEVEN) in
2021-10-05, Tue. But in true, it is still not stable. But Micro$lop
fan boyz do not care!!!

Microsoft’s version-numbering scheme is a bit ... unusual
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/operating-system-version>.
XP was actually version 5.1, Vista was 6.0, “Windows 7” was 6.1, and “Windows 8” was version 6.2.

Windows 10 was version 10 (sanity at last?), while Windows 11 ... is
also version 10.

At least internally theyre honest about W11 being a coat of paint on
W10.
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On 3/6/2026 5:10 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 20:58 this Wednesday (GMT):

On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 16:44:44 +0100, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

W dniu 4.03.2026 o 10:42, vallor pisze:

Linux 7 is right around the corner.

Micro$lop is far ahead - Widblow$ turn ver. 11 (YES!!! ELEVEN) in
2021-10-05, Tue. But in true, it is still not stable. But Micro$lop
fan boyz do not care!!!

Microsoft’s version-numbering scheme is a bit ... unusual
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/operating-system-version>.
XP was actually version 5.1, Vista was 6.0, “Windows 7” was 6.1, and
“Windows 8” was version 6.2.

Windows 10 was version 10 (sanity at last?), while Windows 11 ... is
also version 10.

At least internally theyre honest about W11 being a coat of paint on
W10.

9 was 10, 10 was 10, 11 still is 10. I'm expecting 10 and 11 both to be "supported" for some time to come because of PCs still being in use in
large numbers.
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On 3/6/2026 5:26 PM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 3/6/2026 5:10 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

At least internally theyre honest about W11 being a coat of paint on
W10.

9 was 10, 10 was 10, 11 still is 10.

I should have envisioned a "new version" (beyond 11) to really be the
unwanted revolution in computer tech. This was the idea with 11 as an
upgrade somehow mattering. It was less new technology than a last PC OS
other than Linux. Capturing the expansion into AI tech without
fundamentally making the "PC" irrelevant.
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On 06 Mar 2026 21:54:10 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

Le 04-03-2026, vallor <[email protected]> a écrit :

Linux 7 is right around the corner.

Running the release candidate 2. No changes needed to the NVIDIA
driver. xfwm4 still has vblank=off.

Why did you expect something else? The number 7 is just that: a number.
As Linus claimed a lot of time: there is nothing significant in a
number. Once the second number starts to be too high, the first number increase. But that mean nothing. Switching from 6.18 to 6.19 should be considered as the exact same thing as switching from 6.19 to 7.0.

Famously Torvalds doesn't like nummbers he can't count on his fingers and toes.
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At 06 Mar 2026 21:54:10 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER <[email protected]>
wrote:

Le 04-03-2026, vallor <[email protected]> a écrit :

Linux 7 is right around the corner.

Running the release candidate 2. No changes needed to
the NVIDIA driver. xfwm4 still has vblank=off.

Why did you expect something else? The number 7 is just that: a
number. As Linus claimed a lot of time: there is nothing significant
in a number. Once the second number starts to be too high, the first
number increase. But that mean nothing. Switching from 6.18 to 6.19
should be considered as the exact same thing as switching from 6.19
to 7.0.

But it's not Linux 7 yet, it's a pre-release, a "release candidate".

If there are no bugs in it, then it'll be the released Linux 7.

And someone has to test these things, so you don't have to...
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