--- title: Linux 7.2-rc5 Released: "Once More We Have Quite A... description: Linux 7.2-rc5 has been released, described by Linus Torvalds as another unusually large release candidate. Over a third of the patch is networking-related,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-rc5-released-once-more-we-have-quite-a-massive--rc5--puk0wxybc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux 7.2-rc5 Released: "Once More We Have Quite A Massive -rc5" | daily.dev og:description: Linux 7.2-rc5 has been released, described by Linus Torvalds as another unusually large release candidate. Over a third of the patch is networking-related,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-rc5-released-once-more-we-have-quite-a-massive--rc5--puk0wxybc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/puK0WXybc.png og:image:alt: Linux 7.2-rc5 Released: "Once More We Have Quite A Massive -rc5" 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-rc5 Released: "Once More We Have Quite A Massive -rc5" **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux 7.2-rc5 has been released, described by Linus Torvalds as another unusually large release candidate. Over a third of the patch is networking-related, largely on the driver side. Other changes include audio fixes (many discovered via AI/LLM agents), USB changes, filesystem fixes (SMB, Btrfs), Rust and architecture fixes, tooling updates, and a long-standing IEEE-1394 FireWire IPv4 networking bug fix dating back to 2009. The stable Linux 7.2 release is expected around August 16. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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