Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 4.6 RC4, Things Are Calm for Now | Linux Today

Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 4.6 RC4, Things Are Calm for Now

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Marius Nestor
Apr 17, 2016

Looking at the diff from last week’s RC3 release, and according to Linus Torvalds, the fourth Release Candidate build of Linux kernel 4.6 consists of 40% updated drivers, 30% architecture fixes, and the rest of 30% split between VM fixes (approximately 5%), and core kernel improvements.

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Marius Nestor

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