Y2k for the GNU/Linux world is the year 2038?
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Y2k for the Linux world is the year 2038 | KitGuru
All computer systems rely heavily on clocks to perform almost any function and this is a problem when your computer OS, does not know how to count past a certain number.
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At least it won't affect 64-bit systems.
But it will affect all of the 32 bit embedded devices that are being installed right now (and in the nearby future).
At least at a low-level in the infrastructure people are already working on it, however; LWN periodically posts some article on the state of the y2038 problem and e.g. it is an active area in the kernel developement.
At least at a low-level in the infrastructure people are already working on it, however; LWN periodically posts some article on the state of the y2038 problem and e.g. it is an active area in the kernel developement.