Linux Kernel 5.19 Released: First ARM‑Based MacBook Launch and New Hardware Support
Linus Torvalds has just announced the stable release of Linux Kernel 5.19, notable for being the first kernel version released from an Apple M1‑based MacBook, and it brings extensive low‑level optimizations, new CPU and GPU support, Zstd compression, and critical security fixes.
Linus Torvalds has just released the stable Linux Kernel 5.19, marking the first time a kernel version has been published from an Apple MacBook equipped with an AArch64 M1 processor.
The new kernel adds support for LoongArch and Zen 4 CPUs, improves compatibility with AMD RDNA 3 and Intel DG2/Alchemist GPUs, introduces an Intel Idle driver for Alder Lake, preliminary support for Raptor Lake P integrated graphics, and enables Zstd‑compressed firmware, alongside numerous low‑level optimizations and critical security fixes.
Torvalds highlighted that the release notes were written on the same ARM‑based MacBook, thanks to the Asahi Linux project which made Linux run smoothly on Apple silicon. He expressed personal excitement about finally using an ARM64 notebook for kernel development, noting that earlier ARM64 devices were less practical before Asahi.
Linux 5.19 source code is now available for download, and many anticipate that major Linux distributions will soon package and distribute the update.
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