Linux Kernel 6.6 Officially Released, This Is What's New

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Linux Kernel 6.6 Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
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There is no mention of the, IMHO most interesting addition, new CPU scheduler EEVDF.

I'm curious how this will impact performance.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-EEVDF-Merged

I was quite surprised that they introduced a new scheduler and replaced CFS with it in the same step. I would have expected it to become available, then default, then replace CFS. But I guess this should be interpreted as indicating they have tested it extensively already, with very low chance of significant regressions.