I may have missed ths so far, but in case it hasn't been on the kernel mailing list etc.: in the Linux kernel tutorial yesterday at Usenix Stephen Tweedie said he's expecting 2.4 to be out for Christmas. This provoked a lot of noise from the audience, but he stuck to his prediction. Eeeek! Steve McIntyre, CURS CCE, Cambridge, UK stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~stevem/