Biggest Linux Kernel Release Ever Welcomes Bcachefs File System, Jettisons Itanium
The Register, Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
Farewell IA64, hello snapshots and Rusty refinements
The latest stable Linux kernel, 6.7, is out and finally includes the new next-gen copy-on-write (COW) bcachefs file system.
Linus Torvalds announced the release on Sunday, noting that it is "one of the largest kernel releases we've ever had." Among the bigger and more visible changes are a whole new file system, along with fresh functionality for several existing ones; improved graphics support for several vendors' hardware; and the removal of an entire CPU architecture.