Linus Torvalds has closed the merge window for Linux 4.3 by releasing Linux 4.3-rc1 a day earlier than the normal release cycle. Torvalds released the 4.3-rc1 in just under 15 days after…
Tag: Kernel
Microsoft to bump Windows 10 kernel version to 10.0; asks devs to start updating
Microsoft has confirmed that it will bump Windows 10 kernel version to 10.0 instead of the currently assigned 6.4 and has advised developers to update their apps and software to understand the…
Linux 3.18-rc1 released one week early
Linus Torvalds has released Linux 3.18-rc1 in two weeks post Linux 3.17 release instead of previously announced three weeks. Explaining the reason behind the early release, Torvalds revealed that he managed to…
Linux 3.18-rc4 is ‘pretty calm and small’
Torvalds continues his Sunday rc release cycle
Linux 3.17-rc2 released on Linux’s 23rd anniversary
The Kernel guru deviated from the standard Sunday release cycle for sentimental reasons.
Linux 3.17-rc1 released
The latest kernel seems to be smaller compared to its predecessors and doesn’t contain huge architecture changes.
Linux 3.16 final released; Linux 3.17 merge window timing ‘sucks’
Linux Kernel Summit, LinuxCon and other Linux Foundation events may force Torvalds to extend the Linux 3.17 merge window
Linux 3.16-rc7 released; final may be tagged next week
After a rather bumpy week, things have calmed down to a great extent and if things remain this way Torvalds will release Linux 3.16 final next itself.
Linus Torvalds: “GCC 4.9.0 seems to be terminally broken”
Torvalds believes that the compiler shouldn’t have been allowed to ‘graduate from kindergarten’.
Torvalds releases Linux 3.16-rc6; warns that he may get grumpy if things don’t calm down
The latest release candidate is bigger than its predecessor and Torvalds is none too pleased.
Linux 3.16-rc3 released
This time Torvalds didn’t miss the Sunday schedule and the rc release is back on track.
Linux 3.16-rc2 gets a Saturday evening release
Torvalds breaks the Sunday release cycle again – because he is travelling, again.
Linux 3.15 released
Yet another stable Linux Kernel released with tons of new features.
Linux 3.14 deferred by another week; Linux 3.14-rc8 released instead
Instead of releasing the final version of Linux 3.14, Linus Torvalds has released Linux 3.14-rc8 this week. “I delayed things a day from my normal schedule, hoping I’d feel more comfortable doing…
Linux 3.14-rc6 released; Torvalds hints at rc8, rc9 if things don’t calm down
Linux 3.14-rc6 has been released and with two more weeks (if things go well) to go before the final release, Linus Torvalds has hinted at the possibility of an rc8 and even…