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petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Linux Kernel 6.6 Officially Released, This Is What's New

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Linux Kernel 6.6 Officially Released, This Is What's New

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Linux Kernel 6.6 Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
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Linux kernel 6.6 is now available for download with Intel shadow-stack, new RISC-V features, new drivers, better hardware support, and more.
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    There is no mention of the, IMHO most interesting addition, new CPU scheduler EEVDF.

    I’m curious how this will impact performance.

    https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-EEVDF-Merged

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      I was quite surprised that they introduced a new scheduler and replaced CFS with it in the same step. I would have expected it to become available, then default, then replace CFS. But I guess this should be interpreted as indicating they have tested it extensively already, with very low chance of significant regressions.

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      Oh that’s exciting, CPU schedulers are important.

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    Can we use this now. If so how?

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      If you really want it right now, many guides for how to compile linux kernels are available. Here’s one.

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      Linux kernel 6.6 is available for download right now directly from Linus Torvalds’ Git tree or from the kernel.org website. However, you’ll have to compile it on your GNU/Linux distribution. If that’s not your cup of tea, you’ll have to wait for Linux 6.6 to arrive in your distro’s stable software repositories.

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    Should be the new LTS!

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