Kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the availability of the first update on top of 3.16.y Linux kernel branch. This is a stable kernel release and the latest version of the kernel as of now given the fact that Linus Torvalds has not opened the merge window for the first release candidate (RC1) of the 3.17 branch yet.
The Linux kernel is the core of the open source Linux operating system that powers most of the supercomputers and smartphones running today. It is maintained by a large number of developers and organizations with Linus Torvalds at the head of the project.
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