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6.12 is out. For a list of new features see:

* This short LWN story: lwn.net/Articles/997958/ (screenshotted)

* Two detailed stories from LWN: lwn.net/Articles/990750/ & lwn.net/Articles/991301/

* The kernelnewbies page: kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.12

See also the announcement from @torvalds:

lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgt

'"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."'

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)

2/ Side note for users of :

6.12 is now available for all Fedora releases in the "stable" of my vanilla repositories.

For install instructions, see copr.fedorainfracloud.org/copr and fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kernel_

In addition to the regular kernel package that copr as of today started shipping a dedicated kernel which has enabled. Install it by running:

$ sudo dnf install kernel-rt

3/ Ohh, and BTW, regarding new features in 6.12:

Some idiot[1] set down and rewrote the short guide on bisecting a :

docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/bu

6.13 will see a change on-top to explain bisecting a linux-next[2].

[1] see git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cbbd – and yes, I'm pretty sure I'm entitled to call that person an idiot 😬

[2] See git.kernel.org/next/linux-next or docs.kernel.org/next/admin-gui

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.