The Linux 4.0 kernel series reached end of life

Jul 22, 2015 21:11 GMT  ·  By

We reported about a week ago, when the eighth maintenance release of Linux kernel 4.0 was announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman, that Linux kernel 4.0.9 would be the last in the series and that all users are urged to move to the LTS Linux 4.1 kernel branch as soon as possible.

Today, we announce that the Linux 4.0 kernel series has reached end of life, as Greg Kroah-Hartman has published details earlier about the release of the ninth maintenance version, urging all users of the Linux kernel 4.0.x to move to the latest stable 4.1 branch immediately, which will be an LTS (Long Term Support) version.

"I'm announcing the release of the 4.0.9 kernel. All users of the 4.0 kernel series must upgrade," says Greg Kroah-Hartman. "Note, this is the last 4.0-stable release, it is now end-of-life. Please move to 4.1-stable at this point in time."

According to the appended shortlog, Linux kernel 4.0.9 is quite a big release that brings improvements to the ARM64, ARC, and s390 architectures, numerous updated drivers, file system enhancements, as well as some sound and security patches. Download Linux kernel 4.0.9 right now from the kernel.org website or via Softpedia.

At the moment of writing this article, numerous GNU/Linux distributions, including Fedora, are still using a kernel from the Linux 4.0 series, so they should upgrade their kernel packages to the Linux 4.1 LTS branch as soon as possible.