Download and test Linux kernel 4.1 RC3 right now

May 10, 2015 23:45 GMT  ·  By

It's Sunday, so Linus Torvalds has just announced the third Release Candidate (RC) version of the upcoming Linux 4.1 kernel, which should be released sometime in summer.

According to Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel 4.1 RC3 is a Mother's Day release that brings in mostly updated drivers, especially for InfiniBand, various improvements to the ARM architecture, updated file systems and documentation, as well as perf tooling.

In addition, various small improvements have been implemented, but nothing out of the ordinary. Many of the small issues introduced in Linux kernel 4.1 RC3 are regressions from this merge window, but there are some of them quite old, even from 2011.

"Here's a Mother's Day Sunday release for you all, whether you're a mother or not. Because hey, it's Sunday afternoon once again, and that's just how my -rc releases roll," says Linus Torvalds. "Nothing particularly scary or worrisome going on, although there are little fixes all over."

Download Linux kernel 4.1 Release Candidate 3 right now via Softpedia or directly from the kernel.org website. Please keep in mind that this is a pre-release version that contains unresolved issues, which means that it is not recommended for production machines where stability is extremely important.