Linus Torvalds presented a stable version of the Linux kernel 6.2. This is the first major kernel release in 2023.
Linux 6.2 replaces Linux 6.1 as the 2022 LTS kernel and will be supported until at least the end of 2026. Many fixes from Linux 6.2 are expected to be backported to Linux 6.1.
In Linux 6.2 stable support for graphics solutions Intel Arc Graphics (DG2/Alchemist) appeared. The Intel On Demand driver for 4th generation Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids processors has also been improved. Preliminary support for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Ampere series graphics accelerators has appeared. And there was also extended support for Apple M1 Pro/M1 Max/M1 Ultra chips.
Additionally, in light of the speculative Retbleed attack, Call Depth Tracking has been bundled to improve performance on PCs with older Intel Skylake processors. Along with that, various improvements to file system drivers, security and stability have been implemented in the kernel. You can download the new Linux 6.2 kernel from kernel.org.
As expected, the Linux 6.2 kernel will be the basis of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38 distributions. And at the end of April, the next version of Linux 6.3 should appear.
Source: phoronix
