Linux' long awaited 2.4, at last?, Dec 15, 2000

Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, is preparing the 2.4 Linux kernel for final release later this month, as testing and bug fixing near completion.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has said the 2.4 kernel is likely to become available this month, so the first 2.4-based Linux distributions should ship in the first quarter of next year.

The growing popularity of Linux is starting to take its toll-most notably in lengthy delays in kernel updates and releases.

Linux distributors are finding themselves faced with the choice of building products around the older kernel or the beta, bleeding-edge version.

Linux developers have begun an ambitious project to identify security problems with the open source operating system before they trouble end users.

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