Thanks xStainDx. Although Linus Torvalds didn"t meet a goal to release the upcoming 2.6 version of the Linux operating system in June, the Linux leader said a test version could come as soon as next week.
"I"m planning on starting the so-called "pre-2.6" series early July, and that is kind of a beta series," Torvalds said Wednesday in an interview. He and Andrew Morton, the programmer who will maintain the 2.6 version, "are talking about starting a pre-2.6 series next week," Torvalds said.
"It will most likely take a few months after that for the real 2.6.0," he said. "And, as usual, the thing doesn"t stop there. It usually takes at least half a year before vendors really switch over."