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Linus Torvalds reveals why the latest Linux kernel was almost seriously delayed – TechRadar
Latest Linux kernel release is suitably named “Frozen Wasteland”
The recent icy storms that battered most of the United States left Linux kernels head-honcho Linus Torvalds without electricity, holding up the release of the latest release.
A resident of Portland, Torvalds even considered delaying the launch of the next development version due to the outage that left over a quarter million people without electricity in the Portland area.
So I was actually without electricity for six days of the merge window, and was seriously considering just extending the merge…
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