Na een jaar van uitstel is hij er dan eindelijk: de Linux 2.4.0 kernel. Linus Torvalds, de grote man achter Linux, besloot dat "enough is enough" en gooide de 2.4.0 kernel online. De kernel is te downloaden op ftp.kernel.org en bevat talloze verbeteringen ten opzichte van de 2.2.x kernel . Kort na de release van de 2.40 kernel heeft Joe Pranevich een artikel genaamd 'Wonderful World of Linux 2.4' geschreven waarin wordt verteld wat de verschillen tussen de oude en nieuwe kernels zijn. Hieronder de aankondiging van de 2.4.0 kernel:
In a move unanimously hailed by the trade press and industry analysts as being a sure sign of incipient braindamage, Linus Torvalds (also known as the "father of Linux" or, more commonly, as "mush-for-brains") decided that enough is enough, and that things don't get better from having the same people test it over and over again. In short, 2.4.0 is out there.
Anxiously awaited for the last too many months, 2.4.0 brings to the table many improvements, none of which come to mind to the exhausted release manager right now. "It's better", was the only printable quote. Pressed for details, Linus bared his teeth and hissed at reporters, most of which suddenly remembered that they'd rather cover "Home and Gardening" than the IT industry anyway.
Anyway, have fun. And don't bother reporting any bugs for the next few days. I won't care anyway.
Er zijn te veel mensen die dit nieuws hebben ingestuurd om ze allemaal persoonlijk te bedanken, maar iedereen die het heeft gedaan: bedankt!