Isinyathelo esisodwa esengeziwe sokuthuthuka kernel entsha Linux 5.1, kuncane ukukwazi ukuba neLinux 5.1 enguqulweni yayo ezinzile neyokugcina. Njengenjwayelo, uLinus Torvalds ubephethe ukumemezela ukwethulwa komuntu ozongenela ukhetho lokugcina ku-LKML. Le RC 2 entsha noma i-Release Candidate 2 iletha ezinye izinto ezintsha nokulungiswa uma kuqhathaniswa ne-rc1 yokuqala, futhi uma seyikhishwe ukuze noma ngubani ofuna ukuyivivinya futhi abike izinkinga, abathuthukisi be-kernel bazoqhubeka ne-rc3 esizoyibona maduzane.
Njengoba uLinus ephawulile, kubonakala kuyinto ejwayelekile, akubanga khona ukuphazamiseka okukhulu noma ivolumu noma usayizi wayo unyukile. Kepha ubuye wathi i-rc2 iyi kusesekuseni kakhulu ngokusho lokhu, ngoba kusenama-RCs amaningi okufanele awethule aze afinyelele kunguqulo yokugcina futhi kusengaba khona izingibe ezithile endleleni. Empeleni, yena uqobo uphawule ukuthi abantu abahlola i-5.1 abanaso isikhathi esiningi sokubona noma ukuthola izinkinga ...
Ngokuqondene nezindaba, azikho izinto ezinhle ongaziqokomisa, kepha yebo ezinye izimbungulu zilungisiwe. Futhi amanye ama-patches angeziwe ezinye izingxenye namathuluzi we-kernel, kepha hhayi i-core uqobo. Ngemuva kwalezi zilungiso kubonakala sengathi nakho kulungile manje. Kepha ukungazinaki lezo zingqinamba ezincane, konke okunye kubukeka kukuhle.
Ngendlela, njengokujwayelekile, ukuthuthukiswa noma ukwenziwa ngcono kungeziwe kumasistimu ahlukahlukene noma abalawuli njengokujwayelekile. Enye yazo izibuyekezo zekhodi maqondana nokwakhiwa kwe-CPU okusekelwa i-kernel, kanye nakwezinye izishayeli zedivayisi, amanethiwekhi, ne-FS (Filesystem). Akukaze kube yinhlamvu enkulu evimbekile, kepha ibukeka incane noma kuncishisiwe njengoba uLinus eyithanda.