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Linux kernel 7.0 is coming mid-April—here’s everything you need to know (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

YSK also this

[–] Link@rentadrunk.org 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Most servers are most likely on LTS distros and won’t be affected by this bug.

Interestingly it seems the first rule of kernel development, we don’t break user space should apply here.

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a kernel developer, but it does seem weird to remove the legacy function in the same patch as the replacement function is shipped.

That said, isn't it fairly easy to install a modified kernel? Or is that hard on Ubuntu for some reason? I suppose it's to do with official support cycles and patches, so that's only really a viable fix if the distro manages to kernel options, to ensure timelines with security patches and commercial support.

[–] xtools@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

yeah i'm running a lts distro but keep the kernel up to date, it's super simple, there's even gui apps for it

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

That's the thing. It doesn't break it to the point of unusable unlike other patches I think. So the test didn't catch this since performance is rarely a part of a test suite no?

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 13 points 3 months ago

First thing you need to know. There's nothing special about at Linux x.0 release. It's just the next one.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'm suddenly seeing a lot of posts about kernel 7.0...

There is nothing more special about 7.0 vs 6.19 or 6.18

Going from 6.x to 7.x doesnt mean new features or anything special

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 months ago

I suggest reading the first paragraph, it addresses your point.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

aren't kernel versions literally vibes based? i recall hearing that Linus just declares a new major version when it feels right.

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In recent history, it's every 20 versions, iirc: 5.19, 6.0, ... , 6.19, 7.0

[–] jwt@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

4.20 though, because reasons.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

Dang. Some nice stuff in this one.

That stutter they mentioned, while I find it infinitely less common than similar stutters in Windows, will be super lovely to be rid of. Very nice.

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Does the major version number (4.x vs 5.x) mean anything?

No. The major version number is incremented when the number after the dot starts looking "too big." There is literally no other reason.

https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

Also,

Does the odd-even number still mean anything?

A long time ago Linux used a system where odd numbers after the first dot indicated pre-release, development kernels (e.g. 2.1, 2.3, 2.5). This scheme was abandoned after the release of kernel 2.6 and these days pre-release kernels are indicated with "-rc".