I-Linus Torvalds, umdali, njengesiqhelo, ebephethe ukubhengeza nge-imeyile kwikernel okanye kuluhlu lwee-imeyile ze-LKML ukuba inguqulelo entsha yeLinux kernel sele isesitalatweni kwaye ilungele ukukhutshelwa kwaye isetyenziswe ngabo basebenzisi bafuna . Ngokukodwa, yi Linux 4.18 Oko kuye kwenziwa ukuba kulindwe kancinci njengoko uLinus ngokwakhe watsho ngenxa yeengxaki abanazo kwaye zibangele ukuba ukulungiswa kwekhowudi kulibazise ukumiliselwa kwayo ngeveki.
I-Linux 4.18 ngoku ilungile kwaye iyasebenza emva kweveki ezolileyo ngokwendlela yomsebenzi weeTorvals ngokwakhe kunye nabanye abaphuhlisi bekernel. Inguqulelo entsha ifika kunye ezinye uhlaziyo oluncinci, ngakumbi ngokubhekisele kwisitaki senethiwekhi, ngowona msebenzi uninzi owenziweyo, ngakumbi emva kweengxaki zokuba sesichengeni okuchaphazele ingqokelela ye-TCP kwaye enokwenza ukuba iinkqubo zibe semngciphekweni wokuhlaselwa yi-DoS njengoko sibonile iintsuku ...
Kodwa ingqokelela yenethiwekhi ayisiyiyo kuphela ikernel efumene ingqalelo, nayo abanye abalawuli kunye nenkqubo esezantsi Bafumene ukulungiswa kwe-bug kunye nezincedisi, ezinje ngee-vfs, i-SCSI, inethiwekhi kunye ne-i2c driver, ezinye izinto ezongezelelekileyo apha naphaya (i-ARM crypto, imemori yePARISC, njl. Uninzi lwezi ziqwengana okanye zophuculo ziya kubandakanywa kwiinguqulelo zangaphambili zekernel ukuphucula iinguqulelo zangaphambili ezisephantsi kolondolozo. Ngoku lixesha lokujonga kuhlobo lwe-4.19 kwaye ukusukela ngoku umsebenzi wophuhliso wokulungiselela kwayo uqala.
Ngendlela, inguqulelo 5.0 ezakuqala isebe le-5.x le-Linux kernel bekufanele ukuba sele lifikile, ehlotyeni kwaye xa izigidi zezinto kwi-git zafikelelwa njengoko uTorvalds ngokwakhe watsho nanjengoko esenza nge-3.x. Endaweni yokuba, njengoko uza kubona, ayikafiki kwaye ayilindelwanga kwangoko. UTorvalds ukwacacisile ukuba akukho sizathu soku, ke siya kuqhubeka no-4.x ezinye iinyanga ezimbalwa.