Bad News IPv4 Fans

Bad News IPv4 Fans! Linus Torvalds has announced removing IPv4 support from the Linux kernel after the maintainers of the network stack got into a fight over what kind of HRT gives the best results On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 03:00:29PM -0400, Alice wrote: Hi Luna, > HRT is best injected that is clearly false. Also you're a gigahon for suggesting that Can you get better at this shit? Also your patch sucks ass Regards, Alice permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread end of thread, other threads: [~2025-08-15 10:00 UTC | newest] Thread overview: 4+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed -- links below jump to the message on this page Do you really not see this? You two are stupid. I'm dropping IPv4 support from Linux. You may need to learn to shut the f*ck up. Linus This incident will impact 5 billion people and will make 95% of all network equipment on earth binnable.

A satirical tech-news meme shows Linus Torvalds beside a fake mailing-list argument about HRT, followed by a ridiculous threat to drop IPv4 support from Linux. The punchline is the absurd claim that a petty kernel-maintainer dispute would make 95% of the world’s network equipment unusable; it is used as a reaction to exaggerated technical drama or flame wars.

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