Linux Kernel 4.3 RC1 Is Out, Sees the Removal of the EXT3 File System
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The development cycle of the next major version of the great Linux kernel, the core component of each and every GNU/Linux operating system, kicked off on September 12, 2015, with the first RC (Release Candidate) build.
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Linus Torvalds made the announcement of Linux 4.3-rc1 a day earlier from the usual Sunday evening announcements, and he released the Linux kernel 4.3 RC1 sources to testers worldwide (see download links at the end of the article). According to Mr. Torvalds, Linux kernel 4.3 is not a small release, but not that big either, especially when compared with Linux kernel 4.2, which appears to be the biggest kernel release ever.
With this occasion, Linus Torvalds also announced that the merge window for Linux kernel 4.3 is now officially closed. In numbers, the first Release Candidate version of Linux kernel 4.3 consists of 70% updated drivers, 10% architecture improvements, and the rest of 20% is filesystems enhancements, networking fixes, documentation changes, as well as "core" and mm updates. Full Story |
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