Release Candidate 5 of Linux kernel 3.3 is available for download

Feb 27, 2012 07:02 GMT  ·  By

Linus Torvalds announced this weekend another Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.3 kernel.

Linux kernel 3.3 RC5 brings fixes and improvements for ALSA, NFSv4, SCSI, Btrfs, as well as many ARM updates.

"A couple of the fixes were directly linked to my -rc4 announcement, where I told people they could use a 64-bit kernel to avoid the FP state save/restore problem we used to have."

"And while the FP state save problem is gone, if you have a 64-bit capable CPU but are still running a 32-bit distro, it really would be interesting to verify that a 64-bit kernel works for you without problems." - said Linus Torvalds in the email announcement.

Download Linux Kernel 3.3 RC5 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development release and it is intended for testing purposes only.