Linux kernel version bumped up to 30 as 20th birthday approaches

Linus Torvalds has announced the release of version 3.0 of the Linux kernel.

The major version number was bumped in honor of the kernel's 20th birthday.

Source:
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/07/linux-kernel-version-bumped-up-to-30-as-20th-birthday-approaches.ars