Just a few moments ago, Linus Torvalds announced the availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) development build of the upcoming Linux 4.11 kernel series, which users can download, compile, and test on their GNU/Linux distributions.
It’s been two weeks since Linus Torvalds opened the merge window for Linux kernel 4.11, so it was about time for it be closed and for the first RC to hit the streets today, on a Sunday evening. According to Mr. Torvalds, the Linux 4.10 RC1 kernel is a fairly regular release that’s pretty much the same size as those of the Linux 4.10 and 4.9 series.
“This looks like a fairly regular release. It’s on the smallish side,” said Linus Torvalds, who seems a little upset about the things that landed during the merge window. “It _does_ feel like there was more stuff that I was asked to pull than was in linux-next. That always happens, but seems to have happened more… (read more)
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