Linus Torvalds keeps his fingers and toes rule by decreeing next Linux will be version 7.0

But first, kernel 6.19 is upon us, with many goodies Penguin emperor Linus Torvalds has announced the next version of the Linux kernel will be version 7.0, a matter of some small interest, because it continues his convention of not using version numbers he cant count on his fingers and toes, and perhaps cements a numbering convention that sees kernel series end with version 19.