Another round of updates has been scheduled for release Tuesday evening, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available late Monday or early Tuesday (depending on your time zone).

There will be 197 patches to the 5.3.8 kernel update, 93 to 4.19.81, 119 to 4.14.151, 49 to 4.9.198 and, finally, 41 patches to the 4.4.198 update.

The details:

5.3.8, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...0.3/03397.html

4.19.81, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...0.3/03156.html

4.14.151, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...0.3/03458.html

4.9.198, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...0.3/03029.html

4.4.198, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...0.3/02993.html

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Kernel updates 5.3.8, 4.19.81, 4.14.151, 4.9.198 and 4.4.198 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.3.8

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.81

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.151

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.198

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.198


The 32-bit version of Dave's Unofficial Slackbuilt Kernel update for the 4.4.x series can be found at, https://dusk.idlemoor.tk

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Kernel update 3.16.76 is now available at https://www.kernel.org/

The change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-3.16.76

Mr. Hutchings' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.0/00432.html

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*crickets*

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More like, everyone's holding their breaths and you could hear a pin drop ;-)

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I'm so used to seeing updates in this thread every day with the constant kernel changes it's weird to see it almost fall off the front page.

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Here you go.

5.4-rc6

The newest "mainline" development kernel, version 5.4-rc6, has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.4-rc6.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.0/01280.html

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I was almost convinced you abandoned the thread (&us) ...

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Nah.
"He with the hyphenated surname" has slowed down for whatever reasons. Recently he has been putting out kernel updates at a rate of one every 7 to 9 days, instead every three or four days.

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Hopefully this means that someone tests the releases on acual computers before thy're released

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They do. There are three or four, sometimes 5 people who test each update release candidate and report back if they discover any problems.

That sounds encouraging.... I get the feeling that releases are tested mostly by bots on
virtual machines, not so much on real hardware.
I hate regressions; With the ever increasing complexity in the kernel it's sometimes very
hard to pin the problem down enough to even write a meningful bug report that actually helps.
Luckily I haven't found any problems yet, apart from a compile failure in net, with 5.4-rc's
Let's hope for a problem free 5.4.

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I decided to update every tenth release starting from 4.19.80. There's really no need to update so frequently. It also gives me time to actually test the kernel.

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I'm still on 4.19.76. Two reasons - I really see no need to update so frequently, and secondly I'm seeing how long an uptime I can get on this laptop. When I first installed -current, regular kernel updates were a nice exercise in learning and getting the latest version up on neofetch shots, but really, I don't see it as worth doing unless there's a big change to the kernel [and it would have to be pretty big for me to move at the moment].

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In the past I have experienced uptimes of over 13 months, at least twice. These days though kernel changes are often bigger and faster. If you have AMD/Ati Graphics there is substantial value in upgrading as so much development is going on there. Phoronix and others say all gamers will likely see substantial gains with the 5.4x kernels, which translates into anyone involved in heavier mutlimedia loads will benefit. So upgrading frequency seems to be hardware and software niche related but there is no solid reason not to stay with whatever works for you on any given system. If it ain't broke....

I may see if 5.4-rc6 and newest nVidia have resolved their differences yet on -Current. My Main 14.2 MultiLib keeps humming along sweetly on 5.0.20

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