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Linux Kernel 5.5 Gets First Point Release, It’s Now Ready for Mass Adoption

Released on January 27th, the Linux 5.5 kernel series is the latest and most advanced kernel branch for Linux-based operating systems. It introduces many new features and improvements, as well as updated drivers, filesystems, and more. Until today, the Linux 5.5 kernel series was marked as ???mainline??? on the kernel.org website, which means that it wasn’t recommended for use by the masses. With the release of Linux kernel 5.5.1, this changes as Linux 5.5 is marked as ???stable.???

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