back to article Linus Torvalds releases 'biggest ever' Linux 4.9, then saves Christmas

Linux overlord Linus Torvalds has released Linux 4.9. “I'm pretty sure this is the biggest release we've ever had, at least in number of commits,” Torvalds writes on the Linux Kernel Mailing List. “If you look at the number of lines changed, we've had bigger releases in the past, but they have tended to be due to specific …

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  2. TRT Silver badge

    Is... is...

    Is that face moving? I swear it is...

  3. Darren B 1

    Why have you included a picture of Christopher Biggins!

    Is it Panto season?

    1. zebthecat

      Re: Why have you included a picture of Christopher Biggins!

      Definitely Biggins

  4. Paul Herber Silver badge

    With apologies to Greg Lake (RIP) and Pete Sinfield

    They sold me a dream of computing

    They sold me a silent build

    And they told me a shell prompt

    'Till I believed in the Kernelite

    And I believed in Linus Torvalds

    And I looked to the screen with excited eyes

    'Till I woke with a yawn on Christmas morn

    And I saw him running Linux on his Raspberry Pi's

  5. anonymous boring coward Silver badge

    Either Linus is very, very angry, or you need to adjust the white balance of the photo.

    1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge

      Bitchslap is coming.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Linus: A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms... Enthusiasms...What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?...Excellent kernel code. (He holds up a the hardcover edition of "Linux Kernel Development") A man, a man sits alone at a terminal. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he sits alone. But in the field, what? PART OF A TEAM.

        All: Teamwork.

        Linus: Codes, debugs, documents, fixes, part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Ken Thompson, Dennis Richie, and so on. (laughter) If his team don't field, what is he? You follow me? No one. A rainy day, the repos are full of users. What does he have to say? 'I'm goin' out there for myself. But, I get nowhere unless the team wins.'

        (Bats an offending but unsuspecting developer to death with the directory-sized book)

    2. Rob Daglish

      When isn't Linus angry and ranty?

  6. Camilla Smythe

    Apparently Finland has some...

    Very Finnish Problems.

    https://twitter.com/SoVeryFinnish/with_replies

    1. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

      Re: Apparently Finland has some...

      Well, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the sauna.

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