Esontweni eledlule, uLinus Torvalds ukhululiwe i-rc5 wenguqulo ye-kernel okwamanje esathuthukiswayo futhi wathi izinto ezimbalwa: okokuqala, ukuthi yonke into yayihamba ngokuzola kakhulu, futhi okwesibili, ukuthi naphezu kweyokuqala bekulindeleke ukuthi kube khona Ikhandidethi Yokukhululwa yesishiyagalombili kulolu chungechunge. Kuleli sonto yini Ihambisile kunoma ubani ofuna ukuyizama I-Linux 5.16-rc6 Futhi kulokhu esikufundayo, kubonakala sengathi isonto elengeziwe alinakugwenywa.
Futhi cha, akukhona ukuthi izinto ziya ziba zimbi, kunalokho. Umthuthukisi waseFinland usho lokho izinto ziyehla, into evamile emasontweni esithupha, kodwa futhi uveza ukuthi uthemba ukuthi «emasontweni amabili alandelayo kuzobe kuthule kakhulu", Futhi uthi"ngizokwenza rc8«, Ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi ukungabaza okuncane esasinakho ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa ezedlule kuqedwe ngokuphelele.
I-Linux 5.16 iyeza ngoJanuwari 9
Ngethemba ukuthi amasonto amabili alandelayo azothula kakhulu, futhi abe mancane. Kepha mhlawumbe abantu banesithukuthezi, mhlawumbe abantu bahlala ekhaya ngoba i-COVID iyanda futhi, sizobona. Noma ngabe kwenzekani, ngizokwenza i-rc8, hhayi ngoba le nguqulo ibonakala inzima kakhulu, kodwa ngenxa nje yamaholide esizini. Asikho isidingo sokukhipha owamanqamu we-5.16 nokuvula iwindi lokuhlanganisa lapho abantu beseseholidini noma besanda kubuya. Ngakho-ke sizoba okungenani neviki elengeziwe le-rc kulokhu kukhululwa, noma zingekho izinkinga ezimbi ezivelayo. Futhi uma izinkinga _zivela_, lokho ngokusobala kungabambezela izinto nakakhulu, noma lokho kungase kubonakale kungenakwenzeka okwamanje.
Uma kungekho okumangazayo, futhi kubonakala sengathi ngeke kube khona ngenxa "yesikhathi" nalokho okushiwo nguTorvalds, iLinux 5.16 izofika 9 ngoJanuwari. Abasebenzisi be-Ubuntu abafuna ukuyifaka kuzofanele bazenzele bodwa noma balinde kuze kube ngu-April, babuyekeze uhlelo lokusebenza futhi bagxumele ku-Linux 5.17.