Linux Kernel
Yesterday Sunday, Linux Torvalds verified that nothing strange has happened in these two weeks with Kernel 5.0 and has already started working on it. Linux Kernel 5.1. To be more exact, he had been working on this version for some time and what he launched just 24 hours ago was the first Release Candidate of what will be the first supposedly important update of the Linux kernel that has been available for 15 days. As he explains in his informative note, everything is normal, which means there is still a lot of polishing to do.
Among the work that remains to be done is compressing a kernel that is currently heavier or larger than what is usually an official release, but this is totally normal. Moreover, it says that most of what the 5.1 kernel will include are drivers, which, according to some comments received by Twitter, I think gives hope to all those users who are experiencing hardware problems due to some incompatibility.
60% of Kernel 5.1-rc1 are drivers
Among the drivers that will be added to the next version of the Linux kernel will be updates and other new ones for GPU, networking and VFS kernels and low-level file system updates. This means that, for example, there is a possibility that the WiFi will improve on computers that are currently experiencing network problems, something that I experienced in the past and was corrected with a kernel update.
But those who want to enjoy v5.1 to correct a bug without risking will have to be patient: the Linux Kernel 5.1 will be released officially in May, probably on the 5th. This will be the case unless Torvalds finds a problem that needs to be fixed, so the launch would take place on the 12th of the same month. We remember that the The most updated official version is v5.0.1.
What problems do you hope to solve with the arrival of Linux Kernel 5.1?