Linux Kernel 6.0 Released, This is the newest

The Linux kernel has just been updated and is now usable for the new month.

With a variety of speed enhancements, new hardware support, security updates, and the customary selection of file-system modifications, Linux 6.0 makes a strong start for the 6.x series.


"As is presumably evident to everyone, the major version number change is more about my running out of fingers and toes than it is about any substantial fundamental changes," Linus Torvalds said in a message announcing the release on the Linux Kernel Mailing List.


Of course, there are many other changes in 6.0; after all, there are over 15k non-merge commits in it altogether, making it one of the larger releases, at least in recent memory.  

Linux Kernel 6.0 Features

 Phoronix's benchmarking shows that scheduling adjustments and other kernel energy optimizations have significantly improved performance across AMD Ryzen 'Threadripper', Intel Xeon 'Ice Lake', and AMD EPYC CPUs.
It's always encouraging to see Linux squeezing greater performance out of less energy.


By building the foundation for a large portion of new hardware, Linux 6.0 also performs some required future-proofing.
This includes support for Intel's "Sapphire Rapids" fourth-generation Xeon server CPUs and "Raptor Lake" 13th-generation core chips.


For their RDNA 3 GPU, AMD offers a kernel graphics driver. They also provide new audio drivers for AMD 'Raphael' platforms and enhance the audio support for AMD 'Jadeite' systems.
If running Linux 6.0, users who are experiencing keyboard troubles with Ryzen 6000 series laptops should find everything working properly once again.as predicted.


PCI bus support is added to the OpenRISC and LoongArch architectures, while RISC-cache V's block management skills are improved by a number of additional extensions, notably the "Zicbom" extension.
Additionally, RISC-V has a new default setup that can immediately run Docker out of the box.


Support is beginning to grow for the (expensive) Lenovo ThinkPad X13s notebook, which utilizes the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen3.
The ThinkPad X13s comes pre-installed with Windows 11 for ARM, however given that Linux support is now in its infancy, this might be an excellent reference device for fans of Linux on ARM.


Speaking about laptops used by Linux aficionados, several TUXEDO Computers and Clevo models encountered problems while restarting from suspension with their touchpads and keyboards.
Now those are Linux 6.0 fixes this.


The XP-PEN Deco L drawing tablet, a wide range of sensors on AMD motherboards, including Sensor Fusion Hub compatibility on more recent Ryzen laptops, and functioning Thunderbolt on Intel Raptor Lake are just a few examples of the new gear that is supported.


I wanted to point out that Linux 6.0 supports two new ioctl() procedures called EXT4 IOC GETFSUUID and EXT4 IC SETFSUUID as ext4 is still the primary file system in Ubuntu.
These enable getting or setting of the UUID kept in a filesystem superblock.