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Linux reaches the big five (point) oh
Linux fans will be relieved to know that while 2019 should feature a gentler, softer and less sweary Torvalds, the man's ability to make arbitrary decisions remains undiminished. The reason version 4.21 became 5.0 is because "I ran out of fingers and toes to count on."
As Torvalds observed, there are a ton of changes in the new kernel with toys aplenty. Raspberry Pi fans get touchscreen support and there is the usual array of GPU and CPU enhancements, including some early support for Nvidia's Turing GPUs, which will be of interest to those following CES 2019.
AMD has also seen some love in the form of tweaks to the handling of CPU microcode as well as the arrival of FreeSync, which synchronises the refresh rate of a compatible display to the frame rate of a similarly equipped Radeon card.
Not to be left out, work has continued on Intel's Icelake graphics and, of course, ongoing mitigation for Spectre V2 and its ilk. NXP PowerPC processor received mitigation this time around while Linux's networking subsystem has been tweaked to at least partially deal with the performance hit introduced in 2018 as a result of handling the Meltdown issue.
You know you want to - crank up the theme song!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday January 09 2019, @02:58PM (6 children)
Pay attention to marketing trends.
Haven't you seen? Don't call it Linux 5. It should be called: Linux 5G!
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday January 09 2019, @03:48PM (3 children)
Hey Linux,
Another idea!
Don't call it Linux 5. Call it Linux 10.
Version 10 is always the final version number of every modern OS.
Mac OS X
Windows 10
Linux 10
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Wednesday January 09 2019, @04:48PM
Well it worked for Slackware [wikipedia.org]...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @05:38PM
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DeVilla on Friday January 11 2019, @03:03AM
Should go with 11.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday January 09 2019, @05:17PM
But the linux penguin logo says Linux 5Ge! Is that different somehow? Imma so confoosed!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday January 10 2019, @12:52PM
So many wonderful Products -- and future Products -- comeing out at the CES. They did the TV that rolls up "like a newspaper" again. But they stopped saying newspaper. And the Linux Version 5.0. Possibly we'll see that one in stores this year. Very proud of our Cyber Manufacturers!!!