Linux 4.10 Kernel Reaches End of Life (softpedia.com)

prisoninmate quotes Softpedia: As it's not an LTS (Long Term Support) branch, the Linux 4.10 kernel series was doomed to reach end of life sooner or later, and it happened this weekend with the release of the Linux kernel 4.10.17 patch, which is a major one changing a total of 103 files, with 981 insertions and 538 deletions. Therefore, users are now urged to move to the Linux 4.11 kernel series. If you're using a GNU/Linux distribution powered by a kernel from the Linux 4.10 series you need to update to version 4.10.17 as soon as it makes its way into the stable repositories. However, please inform your OS vendor that they need to upgrade the kernel packages to the Linux 4.11 series immediately.

Comments

Seriously?

[Anonymous Coward]

OS vendors knows well before Slashdot for sure, trust me.

What is this kernel 4.10 ... ?

[Alain Williams]

I am running 2.6.32 - on a CentOS 6 system. Not everyone is always chasing the latest. I shall upgrade when RedHat/CentOS 8 comes out, probably in a year or two.

Re:What is this kernel 4.10 ... ?

[thegarbz]

Ha. I'm still running an old Windows XP machine without even any service packs installed. I don't need your fancy 2.6.32 kernel.

side note: Do you know of any way to decrypt files if I don't have the key?

Wow

[MrKaos]

As a long time Linux user, I just realized I don't know or care what Linux kernel I am using.