Kodayake Kernel 4.8 ya fito kwanan nan, Linus Torvalds da kamfani tuni sun fara aiki a kan na gaba version, sigar 4.9. Tabbacin shi ne cewa an riga an sake fasalin fasali na farko.
Shafin 4.9 zai zama sigar LTS, ma'ana, zai kasance mafi girma fiye da yadda aka saba kuma tare da tallafi mai ɗorewa mai ɗorewa. RC na farko shine farkon farkon menene zai zama ci gaban sigar 4.9 na Kernel, tunda ana sa ran sakin sifofin 8 RC idan komai ya tafi yadda ake tsammani.
A halin yanzu kasancewar nau'ikan RC na farko bamu da labarai da yawa, sabunta software ne kawai don wasu gine-gine kamar ARM da wasu haɓaka ayyukan, kazalika da sabuntawa zuwa tsarin fayil kamar NFS. Koyaya, kamar yadda na fada a baya, wannan farkon farawa ne.
Ranar da ake tsammani don ƙaddamarwa ta ƙarshe ita ce Disamba 11, 2016, Tabbas farkon Kirsimeti ne yanzu don ban kwana da shekara ta hanya mafi kyau. Kamar koyaushe, wannan kwanan wata ana iya canzawa, kamar ana gano kwari na minti na ƙarshe ko kuma akwai ɗan koma baya tare da ci gabanta.
Ana tsammanin wannan sigar tare da ɗoki mai girma, saboda sifofin LTS sune sifofin da aka fi so na yawancin rarrabawa. Dalilin wannan shine kwanciyar hankali, saboda an fi so a shigar da sigar tare da tallafi wanda ya dauki shekaru shigar da sigar tare da tallafi wanda zai ɗauki monthsan watanni. Hakanan shine mafi kyawun kwaya don nau'ikan LTS na tsarin aiki kamar Ubuntu.
Idan kanaso ka gwada shi kuma ka tattara shi a cikin rarrabawa, zaka iya yinshi ta hanyar shafin hukuma na kernel.org, a cikin mainline shafin. Tabbas, Ina yi muku gargaɗi cewa wannan sigar ba ta daidaita ba tukuna kuma ba ta da aminci ga yanayin aiki.