14 DAY TRIAL // The latest version of the stable Linux kernel, 3.12.27, has been announced by Jiri Slaby and it comes with quite a few changes and fixes.
This branch of the Linux kernel is LTS (long term support) and it doesn't usually gathers too many changes, but this latest update is a little bit different and it's quite consistent.
“I'm announcing the release of the 3.12.27 kernel. All users of the 3.12 kernel series must upgrade.”
“The updated 3.12.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.12.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,” Jiri Slaby said in the email announcement.
According to changelog, the Wake On LAN support has been fixed, an infinite loop that occurred when initializing the alarm has been corrected, a failure to obtain the transaction descriptor has been corrected, and USB 3.0 issue with Logitech devices has been fixed, and many more changes have been implemented.
If you are using any of the versions released until now in the Linux kernel 3.12.x branch, you should consider an update to this current build, although there are a couple of newer kernel versions available for download.
A complete list of commits in this branch of the kernel can be found in the official announcement. You can download Linux kernel 3.12.27 LTS right now from Softpedia.