Linux Kernel 4.18 Slated for Release on August 5 as Linus Torvalds Outs Last RC
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Linus Torvalds announced over the weekend the seventh and last Release Candidate (RC) milestone in the development cycle of the forthcoming Linux 4.18 kernel, and teased us with the final release for next week.
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Linux kernel 4.18 RC7 is now available for public testing, and Linus Torvalds reports that there's nothing out of the ordinary in this build except for some minor bug fixes, signaling that this is the last Release Candidate in the upcoming Linux kernel series, which could debut at the end of this week, on August 5, 2018.
The Linux 4.18 kernel promises several new features and improvements that might interest some of you out there. Among some of its highlights, we can mention Spectre Variant 1 and 2 mitigations for the 32-bit ARM architecture, as well as a just-in-time compiler for eBPF programs on the 32-bit (x86) architecture. Full Story |
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