After a typically calm development process, Linus Torvalds has given the world a new cut of the Linux kernel – version 6.6 to be precise.

Removes references to the NSA, adds KSMBD in-kernel server SMB networking

"So this last week has been pretty calm, and I have absolutely no excuses to delay the v6.6 release any more, so here it is," Torvalds wrote early on Monday morning,

lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/ke

as version 6.6 debuted as planned

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/k

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Linux 6.6 will probably become this year's long-term support release – status that's been made unusually contentious by the recent decision to shrink support from six to two years.

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Long-term support for Linux kernels is about to get a lot shorter

theregister.com/2023/09/26/lin

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