Linux Kernel 6.17 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Posted by hanuca on Sep 28, 2025 7:09 PM CST
9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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Linux kernel 6.17 is now available for download, featuring enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to file systems and networking, and more.

Highlights of Linux 6.17 include support for ARM’s “Branch Record Buffer Extension” (BRBE), support for the AMD hardware feedback interface (HFI), Intel Wildcat Lake and Bartlett Lake-S support, initial support for the HEVC(H.265) and VP9 codecs in Qualcomm’s Iris decoder, which is supported by the Video 4 Linux (V4L2) driver.

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