Canonical Starts Work on a Linux 4.12 Kernel for Ubuntu 17.10 for Raspberry Pi 2

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Canonical on Wednesday announced that the Ubuntu Kernel Team had started work on a Linux 4.12-based kernel for the Raspberry Pi 2 variant of the upcoming Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) operating system.

We’ve already told you a few weeks ago that Canonical’s Ubuntu Kernel Team plans to ship Ubuntu 17.10 with the Linux 4.13 kernel by default, and work on that front already started. They’re currently following the development cycle of Linux kernel 4.13 and recently rebased their builds on the RC4 milestone announced by Linus Torvalds this past weekend.

The plan hasn’t changed, Ubuntu 17.10 will be powered by Linux kernel 4.13, but it looks like the Ubuntu Kernel Team started work on a special kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 … (read more)

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