Linux 6.11 Kernel Released With Some Snapdragon X1 Laptop Support & Other New Hardware

As expected the Linux 6.11 kernel has been promoted to stable and in time for appearing in the likes of Ubuntu 24.10, Fedora 41, and other autumn Linux distribution releases.

Linus Torvalds just tagged the Linux 6.11 kernel as stable. There are many changes and new features in Linux 6.11 including numerous AMD CPU and GPU improvements, preparations for upcoming Intel platforms, initial block atomic write support for NVMe and SCSI drives, the DRM Panic infrastructure can now display a monochrome logo if desired, easier support for building Pacman kernel packages for Arch Linux, DeviceTree files for initial Snapdragon X1 laptops, and much more.

See our Linux 6.11 feature overview for more details on all of the exciting changes for this end of summer 2024 kernel release.

The Linux 6.12 merge window is now open for what should then debut as stable in November. Linux 6.12 will be particularly exciting with likely being this year's Long-Term Support (LTS) kernel release as well as potentially boasting sched_ext and with some luck the final real-time "PREEMPT_RT" work.

Update: Linus Torvalds' 6.11 release announcement is now available for those interested in his commentary.