as linus torvalds puts it: big numbers confuse me, so the next kernel version will be 7.0

He ran out of fingers and toes to count on. (Wait, what comes after 19.19, or 20.19, 20.20, then what?)

	▲	creshal an hour ago \| parent [-]
		By that point medicine will be sufficiently advanced that we can graft new fingers on him, obviously. That'll also make him more productive, given he's an emacs user.

Razengan an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Did they ever have a Linux 6.9?

	▲	yonatan8070 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, all the way up to 6.19 in fact!