KERNEL WATCH

This month happens to align nicely between kernel cycles. As a consequence, since last issue Linus Torvalds has announced both the final GA release of Linux 5.13, as well as the first Release Candidate (RC1) for what will become Linux 5.14. We largely covered the 5.13 release in last month’s issue, which includes initial support for Apple M1 processor devices among its many other features. That release came just in time for