Linux Kernel 5.19 RC5 Released with New Features and Upcoming Stable Version
Linux kernel version 5.19 has entered its fifth release candidate (RC5), with Linus Torvalds noting a low patch count focused on driver fixes, architecture updates, and filesystem and networking improvements, and introducing support for LoongArch CPUs, Apple NVMe, Zstd-compressed firmware, and FAT32 creation timestamps, with the stable release slated for late July.
Linux kernel version 5.19 has entered its fifth release candidate (RC5). Linus Torvalds wrote in the mailing list that the kernel looks normal and healthy, with a relatively small number of patches mainly addressing driver fixes, architecture updates, and improvements to the filesystem and networking stacks.
New features in Linux 5.19 include support for the LoongArch CPU architecture developed by Loongson, NVMe support for Apple silicon, the ability to use Zstd-compressed firmware, and reporting of creation timestamps for FAT32 files, among other enhancements.
The stable version of Linux 5.19 is expected to be released at the end of July.
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