Izolo bekuyiSonto, okusho ukuthi, inqobo nje uma kungekho ukubuyela emuva, uLinus Torvalds kufanele akhiphe inguqulo entsha ye-Linux kernel. Kwakunjalo: waphonsa I-Linux 5.5-rc6, Ummeli omusha Wokukhishwa wenguqulo ye-kernel okwamanje ekuthuthukisweni lapho izinto beziphithizela kakhulu kunamasonto adlule. Njengenjwayelo, uTorvalds uhlala ezolile futhi uthi kuyinto ejwayelekile ukubheka isigaba akuso.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uTorvalds uqinisekisa ukuthi lokhu kuzoba inguqulo yalabo izodinga Umuntu Oqokelwe Ukukhululwa Wesishiyagalombili (uvamise ukuphonsa eziyisikhombisa). Futhi akukhona ukuthi izinto zihamba kabi kakhulu kuze kube manje, kodwa ngoba kube namaholide kaKhisimusi ngesikhathi senziwa futhi ngaleso sikhathi ijubane lehliswe kancane. Yize kunjalo, akakuvumeli ukuthi inguqulo yokugcina ifike ngoJanuwari 26 ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe- "Candidate" yesikhombisa.
I-Linux 5.5 izofika ngoJanuwari 26 noma ngoFebhuwari 2
Ake sibone ukuthi izinto zihamba kanjani. Ngisola ukuthi lokhu kuzogcina sekungenye yezikhangiso ze- "rc8", hhayi ngoba izinto zibonakala zimbi kakhulu manje, kodwa ngoba isikhathi samaholide sisho ukuthi uhlangothi lokuhlola nolwezentuthuko beluthule. Kepha ngubani owaziyo, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi sizoba namasonto ambalwa athule emasontweni amabili ezayo bese ngithi "akunasizathu sokubambezela izinto."
Phakathi kwezinguquko ezethulwe kule nguqulo, uTorvalds uthi iningi lihlobene nabashayeli, kepha kukhona nokuxhumana, i-USB, i-GPU, i-HID, i-MTD, umsindo, i-gpio, izibuyekezo ezahlukahlukene, ukuthuthukiswa kwezakhiwo nokunye ukulungiswa. ILinus 5.5 izofika ngoJanuwari 26 uma uthatha isinqumo sokukhipha Abafakizicelo Bokukhishwa abayisikhombisa kanye ne 2 ngoFebhuwari uma ekugcineni unquma ukuyethula ngemuva kwe-octave. Ku- Lesi sihloko Unezinye izindaba ezizozibandakanya.