Test this new Linux kernel – but don’t forget Christmas or that you have a family, says Linus Torvalds
Summary
Linus Torvalds has confirmed that version 5.16 of the Linux kernel will take a little longer to develop than usual, thanks to Christmas. “Things are calming down, and rc6 is fairly small,” he wrote in his weekly State of the Kernel post. “Thats normal for this time in the release schedule, but its also normal for this time of year.” The emperor penguin opined that “the next two weeks will be very quiet, and smaller still.” So he’s confirmed the thought bubble he floated last week about allowing version 5.16 of the kernel to reach an eighth release candidate. How important are those presents (and that family) anyway?” If you follow Torvalds’ advice, you’ll find lots of drivers to ponder, mainly pertaining to networking, USB, and GPUs. The decision to issue an eighth release candidate means Linux 5.16 should emerge on January 9th.