--- title: Linux 7.2-rc4 Released: Looking Like The "New Normal" description: Linux 7.2-rc4 has been released for testing. Linus Torvalds describes it as a normal-sized release candidate with a variety of small fixes spread across the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-rc4-released-looking-like-the-new-normal--0jlltwmpa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux 7.2-rc4 Released: Looking Like The "New Normal" | daily.dev og:description: Linux 7.2-rc4 has been released for testing. Linus Torvalds describes it as a normal-sized release candidate with a variety of small fixes spread across the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-rc4-released-looking-like-the-new-normal--0jlltwmpa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0JlLtwMpA.png og:image:alt: Linux 7.2-rc4 Released: Looking Like The "New Normal" og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux 7.2-rc4 Released: Looking Like The "New Normal" **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux 7.2-rc4 has been released for testing. Linus Torvalds describes it as a normal-sized release candidate with a variety of small fixes spread across the codebase. Notable items include can/bcm fixes uncovered by syzbot, some AMD GPU code movement, and additional selftests. Many fixes continue to be surfaced by AI/LLMs. The stable release of Linux 7.2 is expected in August. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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