Torvalds Says Hello to Linux 4.3 RC1 and Goodbye to EXT3 | Linux Today

Torvalds Says Hello to Linux 4.3 RC1 and Goodbye to EXT3

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Sean Michael Kerner
Sep 14, 2015

Linus Torvalds released the first release candidate for Linux 4.3 on September 12, ushering a new era for Linux.

While there are lots of new things, as there always are in every Linux kernel, Linux 4.3 is noteworthy specifically for what it is removing. The EXT3 filesystem is being removed from Linu

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Sean Michael Kerner

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