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Linux 4.0 Kernel Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Linux 4.0 kernel has been released. Linux 4.0 brings many features including live patching, Radeon DisplayPort Audio, RadeonSI fan control improvements, new OverlayFS functionality, Intel Quark SoC support, and a heck of a lot more. Linus's release announcement reads in part: "So I decided to release 4.0 as per the normal schedule, because there really weren't any known issues, and while I'll be traveling during the end of the upcoming week due to a college visit, I'm hoping that won't affect the merge window very much. We'll see. Linux 4.0 was a pretty small release both in linux-next and in final size, although obviously 'small' is all relative. It's still over 10k non-merge commits. But we've definitely had bigger releases (and judging by linux-next v4.1 is going to be one of the bigger ones)."

3 of 172 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Is it as secure as OpenBSD's kernel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Over 20 billion Linux kernels in use on a daily basis. How many exploits have your heard about, troll?

  2. Re: Is it as secure as OpenBSD's kernel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You do understand that Shellshock was not a Linux vulnerability, right?

  3. Re:Still not The Year of Linux on Desktop by turbidostato · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "Conclusion: I need an desktop operating system that is more deterministic in behavior."

    Conclusion: you need an desktop hardware that properly makes public its spec and/or provides drivers for more than just a single operating system.

    Somehow I managed to do it for the last fifteen years and more.