While typically the stable Linux kernel would come after the -rc7 release a week prior, for Linux 6.19 the release is being dragged out by an extra week not due to any scary bugs but rather due to the holiday downtime at the end of the year. As such Linux 6.19-rc8 is out today with the stable v6.19 release expected next Sunday.

There weren't any particularly big fixes this week or the like but just the usual accumulation of random small bug/regression fixes throughout the kernel tree. We'll see what additional fixes may accumulate over the next week but at this stage it's looking like Linux 6.19 is in good shape, especially now that some earlier Linux 6.19 regressions have been worked around .

See our Linux 6.19 feature overview for a look at all of the notable changes and new features for this kernel cycle.

Look forward to Linux 6.19 stable releasing on 8 February followed by the start of the Linux 6.20 merge window, which will likely end up being called Linux 7.0 per Torvalds' typical versioning scheme.