I-Linus Torvalds ibuyile ukusebenza ngemuva "kwekhefu" lakhe lokuzindla ngolimi lwakhe kwi-LKML, ngemuva kokubuyela ukuhola iphrojekthi ye-kernel yamahhala, manje sesibonile ukuthi sineLinux 4.19 LTS etholakalayo ezoqhubeka nokugcinwa ngezimagqabhagqabha nokuvuselelwa isikhathi eside yesikhathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imisebenzi yohlelo isivele iqala futhi kuzoba yini i-Linux 4.20 eyenziwayo, empeleni ungalanda inguqulo yeLinux 4.20 RC1 ku-kernel.org.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusuka lapho, kubonakala sengathi lokhu izoba yinhlamvu yokugcina egatsheni le-4.x nokuthi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, ngemuva kwama-RCs okugcina aleli gatsha 4.20 nokwethulwa kokugcina okuzokwenzeka ngo-4.20, owesi-4 uzophela ukwamukela 5. U-Linus Torvalds ngokwakhe usho ezinhlwini ukuthi «sonke singabala 20 […]. Kuyinombolo enhle eyindilinga. […] Ngicabanga ukuthi iLinus 5.0 izophuma ngonyaka ozayo, lapho siphelelwa yiminwe (ukugcina ukubala).
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi, uma kungekho ukubambezeleka kuma-RCs noma izinkinga zohlobo oluthile ezingabambezela ukukhishwa njengoba kuhlelwe, konke kukhombisa ukuthi iLinux 4.20 enguqulweni yayo yokugcina izokhishwa ekupheleni kukaDisemba walo nyaka, ngakho-ke uma ekhethwe ukuqala i-Linux 5.x, inguqulo I-Linux 5.0 izofika ngoJanuwari 2019. Usuvele uyazi ukuthi izinombolo zenguqulo ye-Linux azenzi mqondo omkhulu nokuthi lezi zinhlobo zokugxuma zenzeka, ngaphandle kokulandela ukulandelana okuhambisanayo, ukugwema izinombolo eziphakeme kakhulu ukuze ungafaki izinkomba.
Sezadlula futhi izinsuku lapho zazisetshenziswa izinguqulo njengalezo ezizinzile, njenge-2.4, 2.6, njengoba uzokhumbula, nakwezinye ezingazinzile, okungukuthi, kulabo ababesathuthuka, izinhlobo ezingajwayelekile ezifana no-2.3, 2.7, njll. 2.6 yaya kuzinguqulo 3.x, lapho lo mthetho wawungasalandelwa futhi ama-RC asetshenziselwa nje abazobhapathizwa entuthukweni nenguqulo yokugcina yezinzile ...