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The Linux kernel 5.17 RC4, nicknamed "Superb Owl", has been released with balanced commit activity, significant driver and architecture updates, new hardware support including the latest Qualcomm SoC, and various filesystem, networking, and tool fixes, with the stable version slated for late March.
Linux Kernel 5.9-rc3 has been released, featuring a massive introduction of over two thousand fallthrough macro instances, numerous driver and architecture updates—including AMD Sienna Cichlid and Navy Flounder GPU support, Intel Rocket Lake and SERIALIZE instructions, RISC‑V enhancements, NVMe ZNS, and other improvements—while the stable 5.9 version is expected in early to mid‑October.
Linux Kernel 5.8 RC1 has been released, featuring extensive code changes—including updates to AMD Radeon drivers, SELinux optimizations, power management, new hardware support like Intel Tiger Lake Thunderbolt and Habana Labs Gaudi accelerators, as well as numerous filesystem improvements and documentation clean‑ups, with the stable release slated for mid‑August.