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Linux 6.14-rc7 Released With v6.14 Final Expected Next Weekend

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 16 March 2025 at 07:05 PM EDT. 13 Comments
Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.14-rc7 kernel with expectations of releasing Linux 6.14 stable next weekend.

Barring any major last minute problems from arising in the week ahead, Linux 6.14 stable should be out next Sunday on 23 March. There are many great new features of Linux 6.14 from getting the NTSYNC driver ready for Wine / Proton usage, the AMDXDNA driver for Ryan AI NPUs, and much more as covered in dozens of Phoronix articles at this point.

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Linux creator Linus Torvalds wrote in today's 6.14-rc7 announcement:
"Things continue to look quite calm, and I expect to release the final 6.14 next weekend unless something very surprising happens.

In the meantime, I've pushed out rc7, and while it all looks nice and small and safe (the biggest patches in here are some selftest updates, and a few smallish reverts - but there's tiny noise all over the place), it would be good to get one final week of good testing in. So please give it a whirl."

Included in Linux 6.14-rc7 are support for a few more gaming controllers and more Bcachefs fixes among other small alterations.

Here's to hoping no last minute issues and Linux 6.14 stable debuts next Sunday followed by the start of the Linux v6.15 merge window.

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.