Kusanda kumenyezelwa ukuthi i-kernel elandelayo ye-LTS izoba yi-Linux Kernel 4.9. Lokhu kumenyezelwe ngomunye wabashayi abasindayo emhlabeni we-linux futhi ongomunye wabathuthukisi abahamba phambili, omkhulu UGreg Kroah-Hartman.
I-LTS efushanisiwe imele Ukuxhaswa Kwesikhathi Eside, okungukuthi, ukwesekwa kwesikhathi eside. Isoftware enokuxhaswa kwesikhathi eside unempilo ende kakhulu kunemidiya ejwayelekile, ukuba yisoftware ekahle yabantu abangathandi ukuchitha usuku lonke bebuyekeza imishini yabo.
Yize kubonakala sengathi inguqulo 4.9 ye-kernel isesekude kakhulu, lokhu akunjalo, ngoba sesivele sisebenzisa inguqulo 4.7 ye-kernel. Phakathi kwenguqulo 4.7 nenguqulo 4.9 sinenguqulo 4.8, esivele isiqalile ukuthuthuka futhi ihlela ukushiya ngaphezulu noma kancane ekupheleni kukaSepthemba.
Ukulandela umjikelezo ojwayelekile wokuthuthuka wenguqulo ye-kernel, okuthatha izinyanga ezi-2Sinesonto lokugcina likaNovemba njengosuku olulindelekile lokukhishwa kwe-kernel 4.9, ngentuthuko ezoqala kancane noma kancane ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba futhi ezoba nesikhathi esijwayelekile sezinyanga ezi-2.
Ama-distros amaningi athandwayo aphuma ngalesi sikhathi kulindeleke ukuthi amukele le kernel. Isibonelo, ukwabiwa okuthandwa kakhulu njenge Ubuntu 16.10 noFedora 25 phakathi kokunye. Okunye ukusatshalaliswa okufana ne-Arch Linux kungenzeka futhi ukuthi kuthathwe le kernel, ngaphezu kwezinye izinhlelo ezisebenza njengeLinux Mint, noma kungekho ukuqinisekiswa okusemthethweni.
Okwamanje kufanele sikhokhele inguqulo 4.7, efakiwe ezinhlelweni ezisebenza njenge I-Arch Linux. Ezinyangeni ezi-2 sizoba nenguqulo 4.8 bese ekugcineni inguqulo 4.9 ezinsukwini esezishiwo.
Siyakhumbula ukuthi lezi akuzona izinsuku ezihleliwe, ngoba kungenzeka noma yini futhi lezi zinsuku ziyashintsha. Okucacayo yilokho futhisilangazelela ukukhishwa kwe-kernel 4.9 futhi asinayo ngisho ne-kernel engu-4.7.