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Linux 7.1

100 points by berlianta 3 hours ago | 16 comments

naturalmovement 2 hours ago

Is it safe to assume we can see this in Debian Stable around 2036?

throw0101c 41 minutes ago

The most recent Linux kernel releases are: 7.1, 7.0, 6.19, 6.18, …:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history

7.0 is already present in forky (current testing), and available as a backport for trixie (current stable):

* https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux-image-amd6...

* https://packages.debian.org/trixie-backports/linux-image-amd...

The default kernel for trixie/stable is 6.12, initially released in November 2024, and officially supported upstream until December 2028.

imoverclocked 58 minutes ago

It’s fairly easy to build your own kernel packages from vanilla sources in Debian. I’m running the latest 7.0.x within a few hours of its release. The build takes about 30-45 minutes depending on how much time I spend on skimming the ChangeLog. YMMV.

jcalvinowens 8 minutes ago

> The build takes about 30-45 minutes

If you don't actually need all the drivers, you can use "make localmodconfig" to substantially reduce that. My local kernels build in 90 seconds on a 32-thread desktop machine :)

wolfi1 51 minutes ago

I miss the days when my 486 took about 12 hours to compile a kernel

throw0101c 35 minutes ago

Or it took >15 minutes to generate PGP 2.x private keys due to entropy generation and prime calculations/tests.

z3ratul163071 43 minutes ago

what about your carbon footprint

dymk 6 minutes ago

Turn the shed light off overnight and you’re at net zero

imoverclocked 15 minutes ago

I build using excess solar from my house. The build host is a small arm64 SBC that doesn’t require cooling in my passively cooled garage.

The resources behind your post likely have a larger carbon footprint.

yjftsjthsd-h 53 minutes ago

Wouldn't Forky/14 have this or newer when it releases next year? Debian moves slow - deliberately so, if you want fast use Arch or Fedora - but it does move.

hagbard_c 51 minutes ago

Not a serious question but I'll give a serious answer anyway.

The last time I worried over which kernel was used in Debian Stable was... never. If I want a more recent kernel I run Debian unstable (Sid) which currently is at 7.0.12 (the current 'stable' kernel where 7.1 is 'mainline') but on my servers Stable (currently 'Trixie') does just fine with its 6.17.3 kernel. Debian 'Forky' will be released somewhere in 2027 with either a 7.0.x or 7.1.x kernel depending on how things go. The current kernel used in 'testing' (which will become 'stable' on the next release) is 7.0.10.

waych 24 minutes ago

People don't usually understand that apt allows you to configure multiple sources across versions simultaneously, so you can e.g. run stable, but also selectively install from backports or unstable.

To do so, add the sources for trixie-backports and unstable, and add the following configuration (e.g. /etc/apt/preferences.d/trixie-sid-pin) so that the system knows which sources your prefer:

   # Default to trixie
   Package: *
   Pin: release n=trixie
   Pin-Priority: 990
   
   # Very low priority for sid
   Package: *
   Pin: release n=unstable
   Pin-Priority: 100
   
   # Give backports medium priority
   Package: *
   Pin: release n=trixie-backports
   Pin-Priority: 500

Now the system can access the latest kernel from unstable (and backports), while keeping everything else on stable:

   # apt policy linux-image-amd64
   linux-image-amd64:
     Installed: 7.0.12-1
     Candidate: 7.0.12-2
     Version table:
        7.0.12-2 500
           500 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
    *** 7.0.12-1 100
           100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
        7.0.10-1~bpo13+1 500
           500 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports/main amd64 Packages
        6.12.90-2 500
           500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security/main amd64 Packages
        6.12.86-1 990
           990 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/main amd64 Packages

I believe the kernel in backports gets updated only after it is live in unstable for at least a week, which lately still feels like forever.

globular-toast 38 minutes ago

Is there anything particularly interesting about this? The first number of the version changes when the second number gets too big, not for any other reason.

imoverclocked 2 hours ago

Breaking: Linus is on travel.

Did I miss something about this or is it just another number?

dietr1ch 4 minutes ago

Yeah, it gets boring when the number change doesn't change and try improving everything at once, but the great thing is that freshness improves driven by number fomo and that tightens the improvement loop.

Exciting and risky things are always under flags, so if you really care you just build, configure, and bench your own kernel+system.

dimiprasakis 2 hours ago

- "Anyway, possible slight hiccups in the merge window aside, the news today is 7.1." - "nothing particularly interesting or scary stands out, which is as it should be."

So, a number.