As Linus Torvalds announced, the new kernel has been released and is available to everyone. This kernel is called Kernel 4.11. This version of the popular kernel not only brings bug fixes and problems encountered but also brings support for new devices and future hardware platforms.
Kernel 4.11 was released on April 30th , as Linus Torvalds stated, and is available on its official website or in the repositories of various rolling release distributions.
The new 4.11 kernel brings support for Intel's new platform, Intel Gemini , the latest processor platform. It also includes support for the new Intel Atom processors with 14nm technology and for AMDGPU, AMD's open-source GPU driver . SSD support has also been improved, with enhanced RAID performance. Furthermore, support for new processors and hardware platforms has been added.
Kernel 4.11 incorporates AMDGPU drivers
The latest bugs found in previous kernel versions have also been fixed, especially the bug affecting Nvidia drivers , which was annoying for many users of those platforms. Swap memory management has also been improved in this kernel version, with better handling of swap space in file systems such as btrfs, Ext4, Xfs, etc.
The 4.11 kernel can be found on the official website and downloaded for free to install on your computer. However, doing so requires considerable expertise in GNU/Linux and having the necessary packages to compile and create a customized kernel. If you have a rolling release distribution, you likely already have this kernel installed . If you don't have a rolling release distribution, you'll have to wait for it to be included in your distribution.