[ILUG] 2.4.0 Kernel [was] RE: handspring USB to Linux..

Conor Daly conor.daly at oceanfree.net
Tue Sep 5 23:11:05 IST 2000


On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:07:14AM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Leo Talbot thought:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 10:59:43AM +0100, John P . Looney wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 10:56:33AM +0100, Donncha O Caoimh mentioned:
> > > I would say Linus is holding things up. It appears from the release
> > > notes that Alan Cox released 2.2.17 without Linus' blessing and he had
> > > already started on pre-patches for 2.2.18..
> > > I'm probably completely wrong, but that's the impression I get.
> > 
> >  Oooh.Could this mean we'll be using Coxix in a few months ? (Is that how
> > you spell the name of your tail-bones ?)
> 
> It's something like coccyx. I know for sure that it ends in 'yx', but the 
> middle consonant grouping is the bit I'm hazy about. I know the 'cc' looks 
> weird, but it fits the prounciation.
> 

'cc' is correct.  Lucky it ends in 'yx' rather than 'ux' tho, or is that
what it's detractors will call it?... :-)

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Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net>

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