Editing Linux Kernel changelog

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history
* https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxVersions
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== 2023 == 
* 6.3 xxx 2023 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.3
* 6.2 Feb 2023 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.2

== 2022 == 
* 6.1 Dec 2022 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.1
* 6.0 Oct 2022 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.0
* 5.19 Jul 2022 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.19
** Support for [[IPv6]] packets larger than 64KB
** AMD's [[SEV-SNP]] and Intel's [[TDX]] support for more secure virtualized guests
**  New [[LoongArch]] architecture
** Support for hundreds of millions of extended [[attributes]] per [[inode]] in [[XFS]]
** Support for ID mapping in [[overlayfs]]
** proactive reclaim in memory [[control groups]] added
** support for [[NFS Courteous Server]]
** support for [[ZSTD]] compressed firmware files
** Several new [[BPF]] features added
** ahci: Add a generic 'controller2' RAID id commit
** nvme-apple: Add initial Apple SoC [[NVMe]] driver
** hpe-wdt: Introduce [[HPE GXP]] [[Watchdog]] 

* 5.18 May 2022 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.18
** [[Flexible arrays]]
** [[Intel Indirect Branch Tracking]] support on Intel CPUs
** Stricter [[memcpy]]() compile-time bounds checking
** [[User events]]
** Switch to [[C11]]

* 5.17 Mar 2022 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.17
** switches the entropy extractor in the [[RNG]] from SHA-1 to [[BLAKE2s]]

* 5.16 Jan 2022 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.16
** [[Memory folios]] infrastructure for a faster memory management
** Support for [[AMX]] instructions

== 2021 ==
* 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 <code>[[mount]]</code>
** [[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 [[msgr]]2.1 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]])
** <code>[[ext4]]</code> fast commit support
** <code>[[virtio-fs]]</code> 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 (<code>vm.[[swappiness]]</code>)
** [[Dirty Pipe: CVE-2022-0847]]

* 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 <code>[[iostat]]</code> counters for [[flush]] requests (Added [[sar changelog|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]]
** <code>[[virtio-fs]]</code> 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 Aug 2018 [[RedHat 8]] 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 [[ARM]]v8-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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* [[Kernelnewbies.org]]
* [[Ubuntu releases]]
* [[Amazon Linux]]
* [[Kernel Live Patching]]

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