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Linux Kernel of the Beast 6.6.6 exorcised by angelic 6.6.7 update (www.theregister.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hail Satan.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Hail Stan

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hail Santa

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Hey Santana

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Dyslexics be like

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Heil H... Santa

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Oh hell, seitan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Friend of a friend had a sailboat named "Sail Hatin'". Much love.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Perhaps it should have been a motorboat?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Holy Satan!

[–] [email protected] 67 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Man, talk about milking a niche topic for clicks.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You’re right, no fun allowed 😤

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Install the stick up your ass immediately. It is the law.

[+] [email protected] -13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lol it was "fun" two days ago when all the outlets originally wrote about it. Now it just feels like the headline might as well be, "heh, remember how we all laughed at that thing two days ago?"

Doesn't seem necessary to bring it up again for 6.6.7 any more than it will for 6.7.6 or 7.6.6. I'm not really familiar with the outlet though, maybe they make a headline for every minor patch release.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You must be fun at parties. Why not just ignore it and move on? It's a one off thing you won't see it again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wanted to talk to people about it on the internet. Fuck me, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I'm with you. Not even necessarily with your original comment, but I have also had the experience of making a mild complaint and being dogpiled by people who are somehow super butthurt about it. It's weird. They could have read your comment and moved on like they are demanding you do.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You must be fun at parties

Has got to be the most insipid thing a human has ever said

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

You must be fun at parties.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's sounds like something someone who is unfun at parties would say.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Then I'm 100% proud of it. Parties are very overrated anyhow

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Enjoy the little things in your life

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Now it's just the Neighbor of the Beast

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait til it gets to 7.11

Mikrotik had a field day with that a few months ago.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Add 2 more full versions and it might crash your towers. 😅

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Booo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The kernel 6.6.6 version number delighted many a black-clad open source fan, but not for long.

At the end of October, Linux version 6.6 came out, and just over a couple of weeks later, it became the latest long-term supported release.

The same problem affected release 6.6.5, and just as in the older stable kernel series, the change was removed again the following working day.

Monday (December 11) saw the release of the satanically significant kernel 6.6.6, backing out just that single change from the previous version.

But now comes the bad news for all the spooky kids out there: the kernel bearing the Mark of the Beast didn't last long at all.

With such a short window of opportunity, it's no wonder there wasn't an update and re-release of Ubuntu Satanic Edition.

The original article contains 332 words, the summary contains 133 words. Saved 60%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

616

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I mean, that last update gave me an always wonderful kernel panic, so.....