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Canonical Takes Over Maintenance Of The Linux 4.2 Kernel

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 15 December 2015 at 12:41 PM EST. 9 Comments

With Greg Kroah-Hartman being done with maintaining the Linux 4.2 kernel, Canonical's Kernel Team has stepped up to provide maintenance.

Since Ubuntu 15.10 utilizes Linux 4.2, Canonical is continuing to maintain the Linux 4.2 stable kernel. They intend to provide extended stable support for Linux 4.2 until August 2016.

More details on the Canonical Kernel Team maintenance of Linux 4.2 can be found via their LKML message.

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