Prepare to test the sixth RC of the upcoming Linux 3.7 kernel

Nov 17, 2012 21:51 GMT  ·  By

Linus Torvalds announced last evening, November 16, that the sixth Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.7 kernel is now available for download and testing.

Linux kernel 3.7 RC6 brings updates to the unicore32, ARM64 and s390 architectures, updates to sound, USB and wireless drivers, as well as various mm and networking fixes.

"Slightly less than a week, but since I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow, here it is. Things have continued to be pretty calm. We have a few more commits here than there were in -rc5, but not enough to make me worry, and most of the changes really tend to be tiny."

"I'll do an -rc7, but considering how calm things have been, I suspect that's the last -rc. Unless something dramatic happens." Linus Torvalds said in the official announcement. Download Linux kernel 3.7 RC5 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development release and it is intended for testing purposes only.