Having run of fingers and toes, Linus Torvalds adds that the next version of Linux will be 7.0.

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Based on the recently released Linux 6.19 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 6.19 kernel is here to clean up newly-added firmware loading support in SDCA sound, clean up multiple new dts files, and remove the cleaning up of the STM C8SECTPFE DVB driver, which was removed upstream.

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So there you have it, the Linux 6.x era has ended with today’s Linux 6.19 kernel release, and a new one will begin with Linux 7.0, which is expected in mid-April 2026. The merge window for Linux 7.0 will open tomorrow, February 9th, and the first Release Candidate (RC) milestone is expected on February 22nd, 2026.

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Highlights of Linux 6.19 include support for the AMD Smart Data Cache Injection (SDCI) feature, support for multiple processors for User-mode Linux (UML), a new listns() system call that lets user space iterate through the namespaces on the system, and support for the PCIe link encryption and device authentication.

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A Linux kernel developer has proposed using user-space machine learning models to assist kernel subsystems.

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Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has received the top prize at the 2026 European Open Source Awards in Brussels.

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The Linux kernel has added new documentation outlining how the project would continue if Linus Torvalds were no longer able to lead development.

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