Linux 4.4 LTS is a long-term supported kernel branch, used by some of the most stable GNU/Linux distributions, including Alpine Linux 3.4, Linux Lite 3, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), and it will receive point releases that bring bug fixes and security patches, along with updated drivers for a few more years. Linux kernel 4.4.24 LTS is the latest build, and it comes just one week after the release of Linux kernel 4.4.23 LTS. Linux kernel 4.4.24 LTS includes various improvements to the ARM, MIPS, x86, ARM64 (AArch64), AVR32, and PowerPC (PPC) hardware architectures, as well as a large number of updated drivers, this time for InfiniBand, Wireless (ath9k, brcm80211, iwlwifi), Ethernet (Intel i40e), MTD, IRQ Chip, CLK, ACPI, DMA, GPIO, hwmon, MD, MMC, NFC, PINCTRL, SCSI, SPI, and USB devices.