Linux 5.3.1, the first maintenance release of this series arrives

Linux 5.3.1

This weekend there has been no Release Candidate of a future version of the Linux kernel, but that does not mean that there is absolutely no news about the kernel. After an official launch the next one begins to prepare, that by Linus Torvalds, because others like Greg Kroah-Hartman are working on correcting the bugs found in the last major launch. And we already have the first maintenance version of this series, or what is the same, Linux 5.3.1.

Kroah-Hartman is the one who is in charge of maintaining the Linux kernel once the official version of them is released, which in other words would be that he is in charge of the point versions, of the minor updates. This Sunday has released Linux 5.3.1, but the really important thing about your email is the phrase that says «all 5.3 kernel series users need to upgrade«, Which means that, after the first corrections, this release of the Linux kernel is already ready for mass adoption.

Linux 5.3.1 is now ready for mass adoption

Linux 5.3.1 is now available for download from kernel.org, where we can download your tarball since last Saturday. It is also available in tools such as Greatness for anyone who wants to install the latest version of the Linux kernel on their computer using a user interface method.

If it is recommended to update to this version or not, Kroah-Hartman recommends its installation, but it does so to all those who do it manually and who were already using a previous version that did not yet offer their Linux distribution. Me I would not recommend updating the kernel by our It never counts, unless we are experiencing an annoying hardware failure that a more up-to-date kernel could fix. I think it is important to mention that Ukuu allows us to both upload the kernel to higher versions and lower it, as long as we have not removed them from our team.

At the moment, Linus Torvalds is already preparing (receiving requests) a Linux 5.4 to be officially released in December.


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