Linux Kernel 4.16 reaches End of Life
Greg Kroah-Hartman, a Linux kernel maintainer and developer, announced the 4.16.8 release last month and announced that it was the previous maintenance release of the 4.16 series. It highly recommends that users immediately upgrade to the 4.17 rounds.
“I’m announcing the release of the 4.16.18 kernel.
All users of the 4.16 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 4.16.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.16.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=summarythanks,”
Linus Torvalds officially released Linux 4.16 on April 1, 2018. Key features include an out-of-the-box VirtualBox experience, support for multi-display synchronisation support for AMD GPU open-source graphics drivers, support for new ARM board, and use of Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities Security patch.
Now, after nearly three months and 18 versions of update maintenance, the Linux Kernel 4.16 series announces the end of life (EOL) and will no longer provide support in the future.
Linux Kernel 4.17 released some time ago is to improve the CPU scheduler load estimation, in addition to patching the latest Spectre vulnerability variants, support for AMD GPU WattMan, Intel HDCP support, support for Vega 12 GPU and NVIDIA Xavier SoC, AMDGPU DC enabled by default Other new features.
