- "Anyway, possible slight hiccups in the merge window aside, the news today is 7.1." - "nothing particularly interesting or scary stands out, which is as it should be."

So, a number.

Yeah, it gets boring when the number change doesn't change and try improving everything at once, but the great thing is that freshness improves driven by number fomo and that tightens the improvement loop.

Exciting and risky things are always under flags, so if you really care you just build, configure, and bench your own kernel+system.

Surprised nobody will spring for the inflight WiFi for Linus. Has to be some of the best return per dollar that could be spent!