ILinus Torvalds, umdali, njengenjwayelo, ubephethe ukumemezela nge-imeyili kuhlu lwekernel noma lwe-LKML ukuthi inguqulo entsha yeLinux kernel isivele isemgwaqweni futhi ilungele ukulandwa futhi isetshenziswe yilabo basebenzisi abafuna . Ngokuqondile, yi Linux 4.18 lokho sekwenziwe ukuthi kulindwe kancane njengoba uLinus uqobo asho ngenxa yezinkinga abebenazo futhi okudale ukuthi ukulungiswa kwekhodi kubambezele ukwethulwa kwayo ngesonto.
Manje iLinux 4.18 isilungile futhi iyasebenza ngemuva kweviki elizolile ngokomsebenzi weTorvals uqobo kanye nabanye abathuthukisi be-kernel. Uhlobo olusha lufika ne- ezinye izibuyekezo ezincane, ikakhulukazi maqondana nesitaki senethiwekhi, okuwumsebenzi omkhulu owenziwayo, futhi ikakhulukazi ngemuva kwezinkinga zokuba sengozini okuthinte isitaki se-TCP futhi okungenza amasistimu ahlaselwe ukuhlaselwa kwe-DoS njengoba sibonile kulezi zinsuku ...
Kepha isitaki senethiwekhi bekungeyona ukuphela kwengxenye ye-kernel ethole ukunakwa, futhi abanye abalawuli nezinhlelo ezingaphansi bathole ukulungiswa kwamaphutha nokuthuthuka, okufana nama-vfs, i-SCSI, inethiwekhi kanye nabashayeli be-i2c, okunye ukuthuthuka okungahleliwe lapha nalaphaya (i-ARM crypto, imemori ye-PARISC, njll.). Eziningi zalezi zimaki noma ukuthuthuka kuzophinde kufakwe kuzinguqulo zangaphambilini zekernel ukwenza ngcono izinhlobo zangaphambilini ezisalungiswa. Manje sekuyisikhathi sokubheka inguqulo 4.19 futhi kusukela manje kuyaqala umsebenzi wokuthuthuka wokulungiselelwa kwayo.
By indlela inguqulo 5.0 lokho kuzoqala igatsha le-5.x le-Linux kernel bekufanele ngabe selivele lifikile, kuleli hlobo futhi lapho kufinyelelwa izigidi zezinto ku-git njengoba uTorvalds ngokwakhe asho futhi njengoba enza nange-3.x. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, njengoba uzobona, ayikafiki futhi ayilindelekile ngokushesha. UTorvalds uphinde wachaza ukuthi asikho isizathu salokhu, ngakho-ke sizoqhubeka no-4.x izinyanga ezimbalwa ezengeziwe.