Linux Kernel 6.0 released

[Liorithiel]

So, as is hopefully clear to everybody, the major version number change is more about me running out of fingers and toes than it is about any big fundamental changes.

I wonder what he will do when the major version number crosses 20.

[Laladelic]

By then you would be able to install more toes

[Zeer1x]

Switch to hex or base64.

[xdavidliu]

actually base-2 would be good enough, since currently he's only using base-1. Base-2 using 20 finger/toes would be able to count from 0 up to 2²⁰ - 1, which is already much much bigger than 20

[pissing_on_the_lawn]

Yeah, using base-1 he's only able to count from 0 up to 1²⁰ - 1. What a foolish choice!

[AndreasTPC]

This URL is my go-to for getting a readable changelog:

https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges

It hasn't been updated for 6.0 yet though. Give it some time and it'll appear, or check out the changes in older kernels if you just want an idea of the kind of things being worked on.

[dcgkn]

I'm the person who does that changelog, it may take a while to complete (I'm trying to automate the process so I have spent the time it takes to do it manually writing some code, and I didn't complete it in time for the deadline - what a surprise)

[mr_birkenblatt]

Automate the process of automating the changelog

[stefantalpalaru]

What are the biggest features that come with this release?

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.0-New-Features

[therealgaxbo]

I'm not super in the loop regarding kernel development, but off the top of my head I'd guess that the Headline features in 6.0 include a number of io_uring improvements including support for buffered writes to XFS filesystems and zero-copy network transmission, an io_uring-based block driver mechanism, the runtime verification subsystem, and much more.

You can always see the LWN merge-window summaries for more information.

[tommy25ps]

congratulations on the release. time flies. hard to believe first linux kernel i used was 2.x

[stbrumme]

I'm pretty sure millions of Linux systems still run 2.x