Linux 7.2-rc6 Released: "This RC Is Huge"
Linux 7.2-rc6 Released: "This RC Is Huge" Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 2 August 2026 at 07:38 PM EDT. Add A Comment Like clockwork, the Linux 7.2-rc6 kernel is now available for testing in working toward the stable Linux 7.2 kernel in hopefully two week's time. Linux 7.2-rc6 is out with another heavy round of bug fixing...
- ▪Linux 7.2-rc6 Released: "This RC Is Huge" Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 2 August 2026 at 07:38 PM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment Like clockwork, the Linux 7.2-rc6 kernel is now available for testing in working toward the stable Linux 7.2 kernel in hopefully two week's time.
- ▪Linux 7.2-rc6 is out with another heavy round of bug fixing...
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Linux 7.2-rc6 Released: "This RC Is Huge" Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 2 August 2026 at 07:38 PM EDT. Add A Comment Like clockwork, the Linux 7.2-rc6 kernel is now available for testing in working toward the stable Linux 7.2 kernel in hopefully two week's time. Linux 7.2-rc6 is out with another heavy round of bug fixing... Following the recent uptick in fixes and other Linux kernel patches as a result of AI/LLM coding agents. The sound fixes were far more than wished at this stage of development. The Linux DRM kernel graphics driver fixes also came in heavy. Among many other changes to land this week were working around buggy Western Digital SATA drives and some AMD Zen 5 CPU models being mistakenly identified as Zen 6.
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