Linux Kernel 5.16 Officially Released, This Is What’s New | Linux Today

Linux Kernel 5.16 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

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Marius Nestor
Jan 10, 2022

After two months of development, Linux kernel 5.16 is here to introduce the futex_waitv() kernel system call from Collabora, which promises to make your gaming experience faster when playing both native Linux games and Windows games via Wine.

Linux kernel 5.16 also adds support for Intel’s Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) 64-bit programming paradigm for servers, cluster scheduler support to the task scheduler, and several other new features. Learn more here.

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Marius Nestor

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