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Andy Edser

'We have a new major number purely because I'm easily confused and not good with big numbers' says Linus Torvalds about Linux 7.0

Linux Designer Linus Torvalds - stock photo. Linus Torvalds was the designer of the open-source operating system Linux.

I've never been particularly number-inclined, and apparently I'm in good company, as Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has a similar issue. In a post announcing Linux 7.0 rc1, Torvalds is quick to point out that the major number release version doesn't necessarily mean it's the most exciting version of the Linux kernel yet.

"We have a new major number purely because I'm easily confused and not good with big numbers", says Torvalds (via The Register).

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