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Story summary
- Linus Torvalds released Linux 6.19, the first major kernel update of 2026.
- The update switches legacy AMD Radeon GPUs to the amdgpu driver, enabling native Vulkan support.
- The ext4 filesystem gains larger block sizes, improving write performance by up to 50%.
- The release adds the DRM Color Pipeline API for hardware HDR and improves processor support, plus various filesystem optimizations.
