Linux 6.0 arrives with support for newer chips, core fixes, and oddities - Ars Technica

A stable version of Linux 6.0 is out, with 15,000 non-merge commits and a notable version number for the kernel.

And while major Linux releases only happen when the prior number's dot numbers start looking too big—"there is literally no other reason"—there are a lot of notable things rolled into this release besides a marking in time.

Linux blog Phoronix notes that Intel's ARC GPUs all seem to run on open source upstream drivers, so support should show up for future Intel cards and chipsets as they arrive on the market.

One small, quirky addition points to larger things happening inside Linux.

ARM support is something Linux founder Linus Torvalds is eager to see—he recently wrote release notes for kernel versions from his M2-powered MacBook Air and believes that more people using Linux on ARM devices leads to more bug reports, more patches, and more enthusiasm.

Even just having the "core infrastructure" for Rust in 6.1 signifies a big change in Linux, which has long been dominated by C languages (however extended and modified).