<story><title>Linux 4.17-rc1: “We removed more lines than we added”</title><url>http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.1/06654.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jimmies</author><text>Do you know what is the other thing that 4.17 also does? Optimizing idle loops so your laptop can run cooler for longer.&lt;p&gt;Phoronix&amp;#x27;s initial testing seems to suggest a 10-20% less power usage while idle which is a fantastic news for those who own a Linux laptop.&lt;p&gt;Since 4.0 or so Linux has become rock solid for me so I no longer anticipate new kernel releases but this is one of those times I run the cutting edge kernel because it is so cool. If you run a relatively recent version of Ubuntu, you can also test by googling Kernel PPA. It&amp;#x27;s just three clicks away at most.&lt;p&gt;Ref: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.phoronix.com&amp;#x2F;scan.php?page=article&amp;amp;item=linux-417-power&amp;amp;num=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.phoronix.com&amp;#x2F;scan.php?page=article&amp;amp;item=linux-41...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Linux 4.17-rc1: “We removed more lines than we added”</title><url>http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.1/06654.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mabbo</author><text>&amp;gt; we actually removed more lines than we added&lt;p&gt;My best year, I removed 10,000 lines of code more than I added without removing any functionality from the project (and in fact adding some new features). It isn&amp;#x27;t always a good thing to do this- but when it is, you know it as soon as you start reading the code.&lt;p&gt;I often wish I could be paid &lt;i&gt;just&lt;/i&gt; to refactor and rewrite existing code bases to make them more maintainable.</text></comment>