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TSZoom777
post Sep 23 2022, 04:03 PM, updated 2y ago

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Linux 6.0-rc6 is released on 18 September 2022, is mainly focuses on bug fixes among the new features that are set to be released with the final version.

What is Linux?
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Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6.

https://kernel.org/doc/html/v6.0-rc4/admin-guide/README.html

Why is it named Linux kernel 6.0?
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After the release of version 5.19 of the Linux kernel, people were expecting 5.20 as the next version. However, Linus Torvalds, developer of the Linux kernel decided to go on with 6.0 as the version number. But this decision was only based on the numbers; the “20” in 5.20 was a too big number, so Linus changed the “5” and it became 6.0. Nothing revolutionary comes with Linux kernel 6.0; it is a usual kernel release.


What’s new in Linux kernel 6.0?
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* CPU-related changes
* Additional changes for CPUs
* Virtualization improvements
* GPU driver support
* File system changes
* Other changes


Some of the remaining new features/fixes of Linux kernel 6.0 are listed below:

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* UEFI mirrored memory is now supported on AArch64 systems
* ACPI PRM is now supported on AArch64 systems
* New parameter to set a new hostname: “hostname=”
* Run-time verification feature for safety-critical systems
* Some networking optimizations
* WiFi7 preparations


The new Linux kernel is expected to be released on the 2nd of October, 2022.

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post Sep 23 2022, 04:07 PM

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Ah shit more patches to do sad.gif

Client dowan use ansible for patching doh.gif
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post Sep 23 2022, 08:09 PM

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post Jan 5 2023, 02:09 AM

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Since version 6.1, Linux is also written in Rust.


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Linux 6.5 kernel arrives with exciting new features


ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols shares what's new in the release of Linux 6.5:
The biggest news for servers -- and cloud Linux users -- is AMD Ryzen processors' P-State support. This support should mean better performance and power use across CPU cores. Intel Alder Lake CPUs have also received improved load balancing in a related development. RISC-V architecture fans will be pleased to find Linux now has Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) support. ACPI is used in Linux and other operating systems for power management. It's vital for laptops and other battery-powered systems.

For better security, people using virtual machines or sandboxes based on Usermode Linux for testing, or running multiple versions of Linux at once, now have Landlock support. Landock is a Linux Security Module that enables applications to sandbox themselves by selecting access rights to directories. It's designed to be used by unprivileged processes while following the system security policy. To make talking with the rest of the world easier, Linux 6.5 now supports USB 4v2. This new USB-C standard will support up to an eye-watering 120Gbps. And while we're still getting used to Wi-Fi 6E, the Wi-Fi Alliance is already working on bringing us Wi-Fi 7. When Wi-Fi 7 arrives, with its theoretical maximum speed of 46Gbps, Linux will be ready. As usual, the new Linux has many more built-in audio and graphics drivers.

The Bcachefs filesystem didn't make it into Linux 6.5, notes Vaughan-Nichols. "While the Bcachefs filesystem looks good, there's been a lot of developers fighting about the development process. These personal arguments have led Torvalds to decide not to incorporate Bcachefs into Linux 6.5."

Linus Torvalds announced Linux 6.5's delivery in a brief post on August 27.


 

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