Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux 5.18 Kernel Release Candidate

Posted by hanuca on Apr 4, 2022 7:56 AM EDT
9to5Linux; By Marius Nestor
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Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability for public testing of the first Release Candidate (RC) milestone of the upcoming Linux 5.18 kernel series, due out in late May 2022.

Two weeks have passed since the release of Linux kernel 5.17 and the merge window for Linux kernel 5.18, the next major kernel series, is now officially closed with the launch of the first Release Candidate (RC).

Linux kernel 5.18 is shaping up to be a normal release with a normal amount of changes and new features. Nothing fancy, and nothing that stands out. It looks like there’s a little bit of everything for everyone.

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