Linux 5.5-rc6 now available and Linus Torvalds suggests there will be rc8

Linux 5.5-rc6

Yesterday was Sunday, which means that, as long as there is no setback, Linus Torvalds should release a new version of the Linux kernel. So it was: He launched Linux 5.5-rc6, a new Release Candidate of the kernel version currently in development in which things have been a bit more hectic than in weeks past. As always, Torvalds remains calm and says that it is normal considering the phase he is in.

On the other hand, Torvalds assures that this will be a version of those that will require an eighth Release Candidate (he usually throws seven). And it's not because things are going too badly so far, but because there have been Christmas holidays during its development and in that time the pace was slowed down a bit. Even so, he does not rule out that the final version will arrive on January 26 after the launch of the seventh "Candidate".

Linux 5.5 will arrive on January 26 or February 2

Let's see how things go. I suspect this will end up being one of those 'rc8' releases, not because things seem particularly bad now, but simply because the holiday season has meant that both the testing side and the development side have been quiet. But who knows, it is very possible that we will have a quiet couple of weeks the next two weeks and I will say "there is no point delaying things."

Among the changes introduced in this version, Torvalds says that most are related to drivers, but there are also in networks, USB, GPU, HID, MTD, sound, gpio, various updates, improvements in the architectures and other fixes. Linus 5.5 will arrive on January 26 if you decide to release just seven Release Candidates and the 2 February if in the end you decide to launch it after an octave. In this article You have some of the news that it will include.


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