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tybris on May 30, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux 3.0-rc1 is here

  -VERSION = 2
  -PATCHLEVEL = 6
  -SUBLEVEL = 39
  -EXTRAVERSION =
  -NAME = Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs
  +VERSION = 3
  +PATCHLEVEL = 0
  +SUBLEVEL = 0
  +EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
  +NAME = Sneaky Weasel

vacri on May 31, 2011 [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_kernel_names

Some interesting version names in there. I find 2.6.22-rc3 particularly intruiging...

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