Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.14-rc7 kernel with expectations of releasing [1]Linux 6.14 stable next weekend.

Barring any major last minute problems from arising in the week ahead, Linux 6.14 stable should be out next Sunday on 23 March. There are many [2]great new features of Linux 6.14 from getting the NTSYNC driver ready for Wine / Proton usage, the AMDXDNA driver for Ryan AI NPUs, and much more as covered in dozens of Phoronix articles at this point.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds wrote in today's [3]6.14-rc7 announcement :

"Things continue to look quite calm, and I expect to release the final 6.14 next weekend unless something very surprising happens.

In the meantime, I've pushed out rc7, and while it all looks nice and small and safe (the biggest patches in here are some selftest updates, and a few smallish reverts - but there's tiny noise all over the place), it would be good to get one final week of good testing in. So please give it a whirl."

Included in Linux 6.14-rc7 are [4]support for a few more gaming controllers and [5]more Bcachefs fixes among other small alterations.

Here's to hoping no last minute issues and Linux 6.14 stable debuts next Sunday followed by the start of the Linux v6.15 merge window.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Linux+6.14

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-614-features

[3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg3c47t+iY8V-EyQKQPj8dLXZw1JWKVtj25uhQB98Ksmg@mail.gmail.com/T/#u

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.14-rc7-More-Controllers

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Data-Bug-Linux-6.14