Linux 5.6 Is The Most Exciting Kernel In Years With So Many New Features Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 9 February 2020 at 02:06 PM EST. Page 1 of 2. 26 Comments. The Linux 5.6 merge window is anticipated to be ending today followed by the Linux 5.6-rc1 test release. This kernel is simply huge: there is so many new and improved features with this particular release that it's mi