Emasontweni adlule, izinto bezingabonakali zizinhle. Kowesine no owesihlanu RC, i-kernel yeLinux njengamanje ekwakhiweni kufanele ngabe incane, konke bekufanele kuthule, kepha bekungenjalo. Lokho kuzola kubonakala ngathi kufike amasonto amabili nje ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwenguqulo ezinzile, ehambisana nayo ukwethulwa de I-Linux 5.10-rc6. Noma uLinus Torvalds ucabanga kanjalo.
Ngakho-ke ubaba weLinux ukhululekile, futhi kubonakala manje manje akukho okumele ukhathazeke ngakho. Futhi konke ngaphandle kokuthi iviki eledlule bekuyisonto Lokubonga e-United States, okungabuye kwasho ukuthi omunye unjiniyela uphazanyiswe yi-Black Friday. Lokhu bekungenjalo, futhi yize iLinux 5.10-rc6 inkulu ngosayizi, uTorvalds uthi "usesimweni esihle."
I-Linux 5.10, inguqulo elandelayo ye-LTS izofika ngoDisemba 13
Engxenyeni yokuqala yesonto, izinto zibukeka zihlala kahle impela, futhi ngokwengqondo sengivele ngathi "Ahh, IViki Lokubonga, lokhu kuzoba i-rc ethule kancane." Kwabe sekufika uLwesihlanu, futhi wonke umuntu wangithumelela izicelo zabo zokudonsa zesonto, futhi konke kubonakala kujwayelekile futhi. Kepha okungenani kuleli sonto alikhulu ngokwedlulele kunokujwayelekile, yi-rc6 ejwayelekile yezibalo. Ngakho-ke ngaphandle kokuthi sibe nokumangala okukhulu kokusele, ngicabanga ukuthi sisesimweni esihle.
Uma kungenzeki lutho olubucayi emasontweni amabili alandelayo, iLinux 5.10 izofika ngoDisemba 13. Okuqinisekisiwe ukuthi kuzoba uhlobo olulandelayo lwe-LTS lwe-Linux kernel, okusho ukuthi izosekelwa isikhathi eside. Abasebenzisi be-Ubuntu abafuna ukuyisebenzisa lapho isikhathi sifika kuzofanela benze ukufakwa ngesandla noma basebenzise ithuluzi elifana ne- Isifaki se-Ubuntu Mainline Kernel.