Kernel Watch
Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, so that you don’t have to.
Linus Torvalds released Linux 6.12rc4 (Release Candidate 4), saying L that he was “not hap py with how big this [the number of changes going in at this stage in the development cycle] is – it’s probably far from the biggest rc4 ever, but it is the biggest rc4 we’ve had in the 6.x series”. Nonetheless, there were no dealbreakers and things are on track for a Linux 6.12 final within the next month. Hopefully, this means we will have some early coverage of the Linux 6.13 merge window and its new features in time for next month.