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    bad news ipv4 fans (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
    submitted 1 day ago by irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    TranscriptFalse meme image that says "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. this incident will impact 5 billion people and will make 95% of all network equipment on Earth binnable." with fake screenshots of the linux kernel mailing list a girl calling another one a slur from 4chan over HRT choices and Linus Torvalds saying he will drop IPv4 support and asking the maintainers to learn to shut the fuck up.

    Source: https://rivals.space/@deuxnise/115032302416832519

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    [–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    Thanks for the alt text & transcript in OP. It's missing here, though.

    Transcript

    From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
    Subject: [RFC] Remove IPv4 support from kernel, effective next merge window
    Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2025 10:42:00 -0700
    Message-ID: <20250815-drop-ipv4@linux-foundation.org>

    Hey folks,

    After yet another deeply technical and entirely calm discussion about HRT (High-Resolution Timers) that somehow devolved into 200+ replies, personal insults, and at least one GIF of a raccoon, I have decided it's time to take drastic measures.

    Effective next merge window, we will be removing IPv4 support from the kernel. This will both (a) resolve the maintainers' scheduling disputes, and (b) force the world into the IPV6 utopia we were promised back in 1998.

    If you need IPv4 after this point, you can either:

    • run an ancient kernel from before the change (good luck with the bugs), or
    • rewrite your applications to use IPv6 and learn to love colons in your addresses.

    Yes, I realize this will break roughly *everything *.
    No, I don't care. I have already switched all my machines to IPv6-only, except for the toaster, which unfortunately still insists on using a 192. 168. x. x address. The toaster will be replaced.

    If you disagree with this decision, I suggest you take it up with the HRT maintainers. But please keep it civil this time. (Or at least keep the raccoon GIFs under 1MB.)

    - Linus

    [–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    What a bunch of babies. They can't work together so they make the world suffer.

    Got it

    Edit. I looked. It's a joke. They got me. I'm leaving this to show my shame