14 DAY TRIAL // The latest version of the stable Linux kernel, 3.14.31, has been announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman, and this is the most advanced long-term support branch of the kernel.
It's been some time since the 3.14.x branch of the kernel got its LTS status and the devs have pushed quite a few updates since then. Being the most advanced LTS branch has its perk and it usually means that it gets integrated in quite a few distros.
“I'm announcing the release of the 3.14.31 kernel. All users of the 3.14 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.14.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.14.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary,” Greg Kroah-Hartman said in the email announcement.
If you are using any of the versions released until now in the Linux kernel 3.14.x branch, you should consider an update to this build. If you feel adventurous, you can also try the latest Linux kernel 3.18 branch or wait for 3.19, which is scheduled to land in less than a week.
Linux kernel 3.14 features, among other things, better Intel Broadwell graphics support, various Radeon improvements, Nouveau improvements (support for new GPUs from NVIDIA), and much more.
A complete list of changes in this branch of the kernel can be found in the official announcement. You can download Linux kernel 3.14.31 right now from Softpedia.