Post by Rafael on Nov 27, 2019 0:56:26 GMT
Linux 5.4 available
To read the original (in spanish) Muylinux note, written by J Pomeyrol, click here
Linus Torvals has announced the launch of Linux 5.4, a new version of the kernel that as usual comes with a multitude of changes under its belt and that will also be the last one we will receive this 2019, year in which branch 5 was inaugurated. This is , therefore, the fifth major version of Linux 5, before Linux 5.5 appears in early 2020.
As we say, each new version of the Linux kernel involves hundreds of changes in its code that focus as always on the same fronts: the core code itself, file systems, memory and energy management, virtualization, cryptography and security, architectures, networks and of course, controllers, which is usually the field that usually receives the most news.
And as always, we recommend to those who are interested in finding out everything new first-hand, to take a look at the release notes published in Kernel Newbies, where they best expose the novelties of each version of Linux without exploding one head to go into such information, but with links to each change for those who want more.
Here we usually keep the main changes that affect the desktop and these tend to be distributed among the different fronts mentioned, although the most interesting thing is as a rule regarding free graphic controllers, which is still one of the areas that can be improved; although there is a bit of everything.
Of the most outstanding thing that Linux 5.4 brings, we already tell you, for example, about the inclusion of exFAT promoted by Microsoft to improve the support of this file system in Linux and that arrives in its first implementation, so miracles cannot be expected either; and the same can be said regarding new features of the new Lockdown security feature, with which to protect access to certain kernel components even with administration permissions.
In the graphics and processing section, other innovations of Linux 5.4 include support for AMD Radeon Navi GPU 12 and 14, AMD Radeon Arcturus, Intel Tiger Lake GPU, AMD Dali and Renoir APU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC and in the case of CPUs AMD Ryzen 3000 series, support for transmitting temperature reports. On the other hand, there is also support for Intel Ice Lake Thunderbolt and Logitech Lightspeed.
To read the original (in spanish) Muylinux note, written by J Pomeyrol, click here
Linus Torvals has announced the launch of Linux 5.4, a new version of the kernel that as usual comes with a multitude of changes under its belt and that will also be the last one we will receive this 2019, year in which branch 5 was inaugurated. This is , therefore, the fifth major version of Linux 5, before Linux 5.5 appears in early 2020.
As we say, each new version of the Linux kernel involves hundreds of changes in its code that focus as always on the same fronts: the core code itself, file systems, memory and energy management, virtualization, cryptography and security, architectures, networks and of course, controllers, which is usually the field that usually receives the most news.
And as always, we recommend to those who are interested in finding out everything new first-hand, to take a look at the release notes published in Kernel Newbies, where they best expose the novelties of each version of Linux without exploding one head to go into such information, but with links to each change for those who want more.
Here we usually keep the main changes that affect the desktop and these tend to be distributed among the different fronts mentioned, although the most interesting thing is as a rule regarding free graphic controllers, which is still one of the areas that can be improved; although there is a bit of everything.
Of the most outstanding thing that Linux 5.4 brings, we already tell you, for example, about the inclusion of exFAT promoted by Microsoft to improve the support of this file system in Linux and that arrives in its first implementation, so miracles cannot be expected either; and the same can be said regarding new features of the new Lockdown security feature, with which to protect access to certain kernel components even with administration permissions.
In the graphics and processing section, other innovations of Linux 5.4 include support for AMD Radeon Navi GPU 12 and 14, AMD Radeon Arcturus, Intel Tiger Lake GPU, AMD Dali and Renoir APU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC and in the case of CPUs AMD Ryzen 3000 series, support for transmitting temperature reports. On the other hand, there is also support for Intel Ice Lake Thunderbolt and Logitech Lightspeed.
For more data, what has been said, to review what is published by Kernel Newbies. But we add one more note, and in record time the launch of Linux-libre 5.4, the free kernel version of any proprietary or favoring addition, has just been announced.