14 DAY TRIAL // Today, March 23, Linus Torvalds had the pleasure of announcing the fifth Release Candidate (RC) version of Linux kernel 4.0, one of the most highly anticipated Linux technologies of 2015. Therefore, we’re announcing that Linux kernel 4.0 RC5 is now available for download and testing (see download link at the end of the article).
According to the appended shortlog, Linux kernel 4.0 RC5 includes mostly driver updates for GPU, USB, HID, networking, sound, pinctrl, input, etc., several architecture updates for ARM, ARM64, x86, and SPARC, various fixes to the btrfs file system, and some networking fixes.
“So rc5 is almost exactly the same size as rc4 was. I'd be happier if the rc's were shrinking,” says Linus Torvalds. “There's nothing particularly worrisome going on, although I'm still trying to think about the NUMA balancing performance regression. It may not be a show-stopper, but it's annoying, and I want it fixed. We'll get it, I'm sure.”
As usual, you can download Linux kernel 4.0 RC5 right now from the kernel.org website or directly from Softpedia. We remind everyone who attempts to install this kernel package on their Linux operating systems that it is unstable, thus not suitable for production environments where stability is a must.