Emva kokukhutshwa kwe-kernel 4.16, ixesha lokutshintsha livuliwe kuphuhliso lwenguqulo elandelayo. Eli xesha lotshintsho okanye ukudibanisa iwindow ivaliwe kwaye kunye nayo inguqulelo yomgqatswa we-kernel 4.17 sele ikhutshiwe. I-kernel elandelayo eza kufika kwiikhompyuter zethu kulo nyaka. Nangona kunjalo, Linus Torvalds, umyili wayo kunye nenkokeli yeprojekthi, Akonwabanga kukubalwa kwamanani einguqulelo zamva nje zekernel kwaye inokutshintshwa kungekudala.Linux Torvalds itshilo nge uluhlu lokuposa yekernel leyo ayifuni ukuqikelela kwaye ingxelo elandelayo inokuba yinguqulelo yesi-5 okanye mhlawumbi ingabi njalo. Inyani yile yokuba ngalo mzuzu iya kuba yinguqulelo engu-4.17 ye-kernel, ekuye kwafikelelwa kuyo elinye inyathelo eliphambili kwindawo yokugcina izinto zeGit kwaye yinto ebalulekileyo leyo.
Eminye, inguqulelo entsha ye-kernel ayizisi naziphi na iindaba ezimnandi kwaye isenguhlobo lolondolozo. Kule nguqulo, iibugs eziye zavela zilungisiwe kwaye amaqonga e-Hardware aphelelwe lixesha asuswe. Uluhlu lwamaqonga asusiweyo yi-blackfin, cris, frv, m32r, metag, mn10300, amanqaku kunye nethayile. Kwelinye icala, iqonga le-nds32 longezwa okanye labizwa ngokuba yi-RISC Andes Technology 32-0bit yoyilo.
Ikhowudi yale kernel sele ikhona kernel.orgNangona kunjalo, akukhuthazwa ukuba uyisebenzise kwimveliso okanye kwiikhompyuter ezizinzileyo kuba i-kernel ayizinzanga. Kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo ngamagama kaLinus Torvalds, inkokeli yeprojekthi. Amagama ambalwa augur utshintsho olukhulu kwiinombolo zekernel nakwi Abaphuhlisi abaninzi bavumelana neLinus Torvalds, kuba iinombolo zenguqulo azenzi ngqondo ngakumbi kunokusetyenziswa njengegama lephakheji.