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		helper on Aug 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arch Linux moves up to Linux 3.0 Why is this news? The 3.0 kernel could very well have been called 2.6.40, would that have been news worthy?

gtaylor on Aug 30, 2011 [–]

Because Arch had to make some changes due to assumptions on their end, w.r.t kernel naming scheme. This is part of the breakage that the article mentions.

Ideka on Aug 30, 2011 | [–]

Also note that Arch is a rolling-release OS. The lastest iso (previous to the linux 3.0 one) was released on june/july last year -- that's 15 months ago.

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