Linux 5.3 reaches the end of its life cycle. It's time to upgrade to Linux 5.4

Linux 5.3 EOL

The most common and what we recommend in Ubunlog is to use the kernel that our Linux distribution offers us. Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine usa Linux 5.3, a version that reached the end of its life cycle last week coinciding with the Linux 5.3.18 release. We did not know of its arrival at the time, so following the recommendation of Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is responsible for maintaining the Linux kernel, is now more important.

El end of life cycle matches the latest version of a software. This means that Linux 5.3 will no longer receive any more updates or fixes, so Kroah-Hartman recommends updating to Linux 5.4 as soon as possible. As we have explained, it is best to stay on the kernel version that our operating system offers us but, if we have updated for any reason, such as correcting a hardware problem, now is the time to update.

Linux 5.3 will no longer receive updates

I am announcing the release of kernel 5.3.18. Please note that this is the LATEST version of kernel 5.3.y. It is now at the end of its useful life. Go to 5.4. And now. All 5.3 kernel series users must upgrade.

Linux kernel v5.3 arrived with outstanding news that you can read in our article Linus Torvalds launches stable version of Linux 5.3, update with many new features. Linux 5.4, whose most updated version is v5.4.6 (available here) It was released last November 25 with the security module Lockdown as the most outstanding novelty, although it is more so because of the controversy that surrounds it than for any other reason. Other notable novelties are the Support for exFAT, performance improvements in the AMD Radeon Graphics or that the support for FSCRYPT has been improved.

It seems important to mention that operating systems like Ubuntu they are maintained by the companies that develop them, in this case Canonical. This means that even if Linux 5.3 has reached the end of its life cycle, the Ubuntu kernel version and all its official flavors will continue to be updated when necessary, which can be when security flaws are found.

To update to the new kernel version, we recommend using the tool Greatness because it is easy to use and we can do everything (check new versions, install and uninstall them) from an application with a graphical interface. Choose the method you choose, update when you can.


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