Linus Torvalds decides world isn’t ready for Linux 5.0
But he’s released a new kernel anyway and called it 4.17
By Simon Sharwood | Jun 4, 2018
Linus Torvalds has decided the world’s not ready for version 5.0 of the Linux Kernel, so he’s given us version 4.17 instead.
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Among the new features in Linux 4.17 you’ll find:
Support for Centaur x86 CPUs, the made-in-and-for China x86 derived from VIA’s long-lost line of x86 clones;
Improvements to power management while systems are idling, said to reduce consumption by ten per cent or more;
The Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model, which makes it easier to understand how the kernel uses memory;
Spectre-protectors for IBM s390
Support for Intel’s forthcoming Cannonlake graphics;
Ending support for POWER4 and POWER4+ CPUs;
Support for some weird old PS/2 mouse that had two scroll wheels.
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