Linux Kernel changelog

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history
• https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxVersions

2021

• 5.17 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.17
• 5.16 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.16
  • Memory folios infrastructure for a faster memory management
  • Support for AMX instructions

• 5.15 Oct 2021 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.15
  • New NTFS driver with read-write support
  • A new process_mrelease(2) system call to let service managers release process resources faster
  • Apple M1 IOMMU driver

• 5.14 Aug 2021 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.14, https://lwn.net/Articles/867706/
  • Control over which processes can share a core

• 5.13 Jun 2021 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.13
  • virtio sound driver
  • misc cgroup
  • Preparatory Apple M1 support

• 5.12 April 2021 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.12, https://lwn.net/Articles/853289/
  • ID mapping in mounts which allows to map an UID to a different one in a mount
  • Eager NFS writes
  • Support for selecting the preemption model at runtime
  • Low-overhead memory error detector
  • netfilter packet-filtering mechanism now supports the idea of "ownership" of specific tables. This allows, for example, a firewall daemon to maintain exclusive control of the tables it manages
  • LTO support in Clang

• 5.11 Feb 2021 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.11 (Ubuntu 21.04 LTS)
  • Unprivileged Overlayfs mounts
  • Ceph implement msgr2.1 protocol (crc and secure modes)
  • XFS add the ability to flag a filesystem for repair

2020

• 5.10 December 2020 - https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.10 (LTS)
  • ext4 fast commit support
  • virtio-fs performance improvements, added supports for DAX
  • Add support for Nitro Enclaves, a new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) capability that allows customers to carve out isolated compute environments within EC2 instances

• 5.9 October 2020 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.9
  • Support for zstd compressed kernel, ramdisk and initramfs
  • NFS support for extended attributes

• 5.8 Aug 2020 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.8, Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla
  • IPv6 MPLS support
  • better behavior in memory thrashing situations (vm.swappiness)
• 5.7 May 2020 - https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.7
  • Better exFAT file system implementation
• 5.6 March 2020 - https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.6
  • WireGuard fast and secure VPN
  • USB4 initial implementation

• 5.5 January 2020 - https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.5
  • Block: Add iostat counters for flush requests (Added sysstat support in 2019/12/27 )

2019

• 5.4 Nov 2019 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.4 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) Kernel lockdown, implemented as a Linux Security Module
  • virtio-fs included
• 5.3 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.3
• 5.2 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.2
• 5.1 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.1 io_uring
• 5.0 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.0

2018

• 4.20 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.20
• 4.19 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.19
• 4.18 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.18
• 4.17 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.17
• 4.16 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.16
• 4.15 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.15 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

2017

• 4.14 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.14
• 4.13 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.13
• 4.12 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.12
• 4.11 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.11
• 4.10 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.10

2016

• 4.9 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.9
• 4.8 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.8
• 4.7 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.7
• 4.6 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.6
• 4.5 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.5 cgroups-v2
• 4.4 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.4

2015

• 4.3 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.3
• 4.2 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.2
• 4.1 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.1
• 4.0 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.0

• 3.19 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.19

2014

• 3.18 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.18
  • Overlay
• 3.17 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.17
• 3.16 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.16
• 3.15 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.15
• 3.14 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.14
• 3.13 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.13 Improved performance in NUMA systems

2013

• 3.12 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.12
• 3.11 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.11
• 3.10 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.10
• April 3.9 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.9
  • ARM architecture port now supports the KVM virtualization system
• 3.8 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.8

2012

• 3.7 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.7 Support for ARMv8-A, TCP Fast Open
• 3.6 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.6
• 3.5 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.5
• 3.4 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.4
• 3.3 NVMe ?

2011

• 2.6.39 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_39
• 2.6.38 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_38
• 2.6.37 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_37

2010

• 2.6.36 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_36
• 2.6.35 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_35
• 2.6.34 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_34
• 2.6.33 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_33

2009

• 2.6.32 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_32
• 2.6.31 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_31
• 2.6.30 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_30
• 2.6.30 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_30
• 2.6.29 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_29
  • WiMax, btrfs and squashfs

2008

• 2.6.28 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_28
• 2.6.27 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_27
• 2.6.26 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_26
• 2.6.25 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_25
• 2.6.24 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_24
  • cgroups functionality released
  • SPI/SDIO MMC support
  • support for PID and network namespaces

2007

• 2.6.23 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_23 prctl, PR_SET_SECCOMP
• 2.6.22 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_22
• 2.6.21 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_21
• 2.6.20 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_20 February 2007 KVM merged

2006

• 2.6.19 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_19 Ecryptfs
• 2.6.18 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_18
• 2.6.17 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_17
• 2.6.16 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_16
• 2.6.15 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_15

2005

• 2.6.14 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_14
• 2.6.13 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_13 Inotify
• 2.6.12 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_12
• 2.6.11 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_11

2004

• 2.6.10 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_10
• 2.6.9 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_9
• 2.6.8 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_8
• 2.6.7 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_7
• 2.6.6 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_6
• 2.6.5 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_5
• 2.6.4 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_4
• 2.6.3 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_3
• 2.6.2 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_2
• 2.6.1 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_1

2003

• 2.6.0 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_0
• Udev

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