14 DAY TRIAL // After releasing the Linux 4.10.3 and Linux 4.9.15 LTS kernels, renowned Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the availability of the fifty-fourth maintenance update to the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel series.
It appears that many GNU/Linux distributions are still using a kernel from the Linux 4.4 LTS branch, which will be supported for about a year from the moment of writing this article, until February 2018, despite the fact that Greg Kroah-Hartman marked the Linux 4.9 kernel series as "long-term." Linux kernel 4.4.54 LTS is a small patch coming only three days after the previous maintenance update.
"I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.54 kernel. All users of the 4.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary," said Greg Kroah-Hartman.
Mostly updated drivers, small Arch and filesystem improvements
According to the appended shortlog, Linux kernel 4.4.54 LTS changes a total of 40 files, with 405 insertions and 235 deletions. Most of the patch includes updated InfiniBand, GPU (AMDGPU, Intel i915, etc.), Bluetooth (Atheros ath3k and btusb), HV, PWM, s390, and TTY drivers, but we can also notice a few improvements to the Ceph and FAT filesystems, as well as the s390, x86, and Xtensa hardware architectures.
Check out the full changelog if you're curious to know what's changed in Linux kernel 4.4.54 LTS, which is coming soon to the stable software repositories of your favorite GNU/Linux distribution. Please update your systems as soon as possible, and don't hesitate to download the source tarball from kernel.org or via our website if you fancy compiling your own kernel. Don't forget to reboot your system after installation!