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Linux Kernel 4.3 Officially Released, It's Now the Most Advanced Stable Version

posted by janrinok on Wednesday November 04 2015, @09:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the let-the-downloads-begin dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Linus Torvalds has just announced that the new Linux kernel 4.3 has been released and is now available for download. This marks the end of a new development cycle, for 4.3, and the beginning of the next one, 4.4.

The new Linux kernel 4.3 has finally arrived, and it looks like no major problems have troubled the developers. As usual, the new Linux kernel packs an assortment of changes and improvements, and we'll likely see it integrated very soon in a host of operating systems. This is not a long term release, so there won't be a lot of updates down the line, but any kernel upgrade is usually a good one.

In fact, developers announced just a short while ago that Linux kernel 4.4 would be the next LTS release, which is something that hasn't been done before. Usually, kernels were declared LTS (long term support) after their release, but now we know ahead of time. This will make some fascinating research, as the number of people willing to upgrade to version 4.3 will be smaller since they know that 4.4 LTS is on its way.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @09:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @09:22PM (#258526)

    S... s.... systemd!!!!!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @11:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @11:49PM (#258578)

    S... s.... systemd!!!!!

    Oh great, another system d troll. Sorry, not feeding you today.

    System D is the best thing to ever happen to Linux. Maybe now enterprise customers will finally take notice of it, and it will end up being a respectable operating system like Microsoft Windows.

    In fact, it's happening already!

    http://recode.net/2015/11/04/microsoft-and-red-hat-team-up-to-offer-linux-on-azure-cloud/ [recode.net]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @07:42AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @07:42AM (#258736)

      That would not disprove their point if they had bothered to make it.

      you said it yourself:

      (Linux) will end up being a respectable operating system like Microsoft Windows.

      Call me a hipster, but that prospect concerns me.

      Microsoft has been working with the MPAA and RIAA (and the big manes like Intel, Hitachi, Panasonic, Sony, and Toshiba [dtcp.com]) to phase out the general-purpose computer since at about 1998.