The new maintenance release brings with it several enhancements to the s390 and x86 hardware architectures, as well as to the Btrfs, EXT4, 9P, FUSE, JBD2, and NFS file systems, multiple sound improvements, and some non-driver networking fixes. There are, of course, numerous updated drivers in Linux kernel 3.2.71 LTS (Long-Term Support). All users are urged to update as soon as possible.