Linux kernel 6.9 introduces Rust support on AArch64, expanded hardware drivers, performance and security enhancements, new network capabilities, and significant filesystem updates, while Torvalds highlights timer subsystem rewrites and previews the upcoming 6.10 merge window.
Linux kernel 6.9’s first stable release brings Rust support on AArch64, expanded hardware drivers, performance optimizations, filesystem enhancements, BPF and perf tool upgrades, as well as network and security improvements, while previewing the upcoming 6.10 development cycle.
Linux kernel 6.8, the GA release for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, brings a suite of hardware enablements, driver updates, performance enhancements, and new system calls, while maintaining an average size and focusing on incremental improvements across graphics, memory management, networking, and security.
Linux kernel 6.3, released after two months of development, brings a host of new power‑management drivers for ARM and RISC‑V, filesystem enhancements, expanded Thunderbolt and HID support, and numerous hardware driver updates, offering developers fresh capabilities while requiring manual compilation for immediate use.
Linux kernel 5.18, announced on May 22 by Linus Torvalds, brings a host of new features such as C11 compiler support, enhanced hardware compatibility, Btrfs ioctl extensions, io_uring upgrades, RSA crypto for virtio-crypto, and numerous driver and filesystem improvements.
The Linux kernel 5.17 RC4, nicknamed "Superb Owl", has been released with balanced commit activity, significant driver and architecture updates, new hardware support including the latest Qualcomm SoC, and various filesystem, networking, and tool fixes, with the stable version slated for late March.
Linux 5.15, the latest LTS kernel announced by Linus Torvalds, introduces Paragon’s NTFS3 driver, expanded AMD, Intel, and Apple hardware support, resolves the controversial -Werror policy, and is accompanied by Google’s unprecedented bounty program rewarding security researchers for critical kernel vulnerabilities.
Linux kernel 5.14 has been promoted to stable, bringing extensive hardware support, core scheduler enhancements, new graphics drivers, expanded ARM and RISC‑V capabilities, and numerous updates for laptops, servers and peripherals, offering developers a richer, more secure platform for modern workloads.
Linux Kernel 5.9-rc3 has been released, featuring a massive introduction of over two thousand fallthrough macro instances, numerous driver and architecture updates—including AMD Sienna Cichlid and Navy Flounder GPU support, Intel Rocket Lake and SERIALIZE instructions, RISC‑V enhancements, NVMe ZNS, and other improvements—while the stable 5.9 version is expected in early to mid‑October.
Linux Kernel 5.8 RC1 has been released, featuring extensive code changes—including updates to AMD Radeon drivers, SELinux optimizations, power management, new hardware support like Intel Tiger Lake Thunderbolt and Habana Labs Gaudi accelerators, as well as numerous filesystem improvements and documentation clean‑ups, with the stable release slated for mid‑August.
Linux Kernel 5.4, the final major stable release of 2019, introduces a kernel lockdown feature enhancing security, native exFAT filesystem support, and a host of hardware and driver updates including Snapdragon 855, newer AMD/Intel GPUs, Icelake Thunderbolt, VirtIO‑FS, and various filesystem and UAV improvements.
Linux Kernel 4.20, the largest release in over a year, arrived just before Christmas, bringing major updates such as BPF network parsing, new hardware support, C‑SKY architecture, pressure‑stall detection, XArray data structures, and early NVIDIA HDMI 2.0 driver support.
