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Debian Linux Kernel team officially announces that the upcoming Debian 8 "Jessie" distro will be featured with Linux Kernel 3.16 as the default kernel. As you know that Linux Kernel 3.16 has quite a small development cycle, according to Linus Torvalds, the stable Linux Kernel 3.16 will be available in mid of August. Currently all the release candidates are tested and packaged so that stable Kernel 3.16 will be ready as soon as possible. You can also review recent Linux Kernel 3.16 News to know how much work has completed in 3.16 series ?

According to official announcement made by Ana Guerrero Lopez, it is officially confirmed that Debian 8 will be based on Linux Kernel 3.16. The team state that if you maintain a package which is closely bound to kernel version - a kernel module or a userland application that depends on an unstable API. The team claims that they will remove incompatible packages while testing before the stable release of Debian 8 "Jessie". Also, review recent Linux Distro News to know which distro has just released ?

If you testing any particular package with Kernel 3.16 and face any problem then report it before the freeze date which is 5th November, 2014. The kernel team might be able to resolve your problems before stable Debian 8 release. The Linux Kernel 3.16 series will not be maintained as longterm branch because it will be maintained till April, 2016. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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