#Linux 6.12 is out. For a list of new features see:
* This short LWN story: https://lwn.net/Articles/997958/ (screenshotted)
* Two detailed stories from LWN: https://lwn.net/Articles/990750/ & https://lwn.net/Articles/991301/
* The kernelnewbies page: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.12
See also the announcement from @torvalds:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgtGkHshfvaAe_O2ntnFBH3EprNk1juieLmjcF2HBwBgQ@mail.gmail.com/
'"No strange surprises this last week, so we're sticking to the regular release schedule, and that obviously means that the merge window opens tomorrow."'
2/ Side note for users of #Fedora #Linux:
#LinuxKernel 6.12 is now available for all Fedora releases in the "stable" #copr of my #kernel vanilla repositories.
For install instructions, see https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/kernel-vanilla/stable/ and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kernel_Vanilla_Repositories
In addition to the regular kernel package that copr as of today started shipping a dedicated #realtime kernel which has #PREEMPT_RT enabled. Install it by running:
$ sudo dnf install kernel-rt
3/ Ohh, and BTW, regarding new features in #Linux 6.12:
Some idiot[1] set down and rewrote the short guide on bisecting a #LinuxKernel #regression:
https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/bug-bisect.html
#kernel 6.13 will see a change on-top to explain bisecting a linux-next[2].
[1] see https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cbbdb6c625f641 – and yes, I'm pretty sure I'm entitled to call that person an idiot
[2] See https://git.kernel.org/next/linux-next/c/f5aff6fa644129 or https://docs.kernel.org/next/admin-guide/bug-bisect.html
FWIW, today is one of the rare days where the #Linux #kernel vanilla repositories for #Fedora only ship three different #LinuxKernel.
Tomorrow it will be four. When the next stable releases are up, the number will go up to six; after three or four weeks it will go down to four again most of the time.