Kutshanje kwabhengezwa ukuba i-kernel elandelayo ye-LTS iya kuba yi-Linux Kernel 4.9. Oku kwabhengezwa ngomnye wababethi abanzima kwihlabathi le-linux kunye nomnye wabaphuhlisi abakhokelayo, omkhulu UGreg Kroah-Hartman.
Isifinyezo se-LTS simele iNkxaso yeXesha elide, Oko kukuthi, inkxaso yexesha elide. Isoftware enenkxaso ehlala ihleli inobomi obude kakhulu kunemidiya esemgangathweniUkuba sisoftware efanelekileyo yabantu abangathandi ukuchitha imini yonke behlaziya izixhobo zabo.
Nangona kubonakala ngathi uguqulelo lwe-4.9 lwekernel lusekude kude, oku akunjalo, kuba sele sihamba ngohlobo lwe-4.7 lwekernel. Phakathi kwenguqulo 4.7 kunye nohlobo 4.9 sinenguqulo 4.8, esele iqalile ukukhula kwaye iceba ukushiya ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi ekupheleni kukaSeptemba.
Ukulandela umjikelo wophuhliso lwekernel yesiqhelo, ethatha iinyanga ezi-2Sineveki yokugqibela kaNovemba njengosuku olulindelekileyo lokukhupha i-kernel 4.9, ngophuhliso oluya kuqala ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi ekuqaleni kuka-Okthobha kwaye luya kuba nexesha eliqhelekileyo leenyanga ezi-2.
Uninzi lwee-distros ezithandwayo eziza kuphuma ngeli xesha kulindeleke ukuba zamkele le kernel. Umzekelo, ukuhanjiswa okuthandwa kakhulu njenge Ubuntu 16.10 kunye neFedora 25 phakathi kwezinye. Olunye ulwabiwo olufana neArch Linux nazo zinokuyamkela le kernel, ukongeza kwezinye iinkqubo ezinje ngeLinux Mint, nangona kungekho siqinisekiso saseburhulumenteni.
Okwangoku kufuneka silungiselele ingxelo engu-4.7, ebandakanyiweyo kwiinkqubo zokusebenza ezinje nge Arch Linux. Kwiinyanga ezi-2 Siza kuba nohlobo lwe-4.8 kwaye ekugqibeleni inguqulelo 4.9 kwimihla esele ikhankanyiwe.
Siyakhumbula ukuba le ayisiyiyo imihla emiselweyo, kuba nantoni na inokwenzeka kwaye le mihla iyatshintsha. Into ecacileyo yile kwayeSilindele ukukhutshwa kwe-kernel 4.9 kwaye asikabinayo i-4.7 kernel.