Kernel Watch
Jon Masters keeps an eye out for all the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, so you don’t have to.
Linus Torvalds gave everyone (whether they celebrate the festive event or not) a timely Christmas present with the release of Linux 6.2-rc1 (Release Candidate 1). This followed a twoweek merge window during which disruptive changes were allowed to be added to the new kernel, and we are now well into the stabilisation period that normally follows the first RC release. Typically, there are seven or eight Release Candidates prior to the final release, and then the whole process repeats over again.