The 6.19 kernel has been released

[Posted February 8, 2026 by corbet]

Linus has released the 6.19 kernel. "No big surprises anywhere last week, so 6.19 is out as expected - just as the US prepares to come to a complete standstill later today watching the latest batch of televised commercials."

The most significant changes in 6.19 include initial support for Intel's linear address-space separation feature, support for Arm Memory system resource Partitioning And Monitoring, the listns() system call, a reworked restartable-sequences implementation, support for large block sizes in the ext4 filesystem, some networking changes for improved memory safety, the live update orchestrator, and much more. See the LWN merge-window summaries (part 1, part 2) and the KernelNewbies 6.19 page for details.

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Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 9, 2026 11:41 UTC (Mon) by jpeisach (subscriber, #181966) [Link] (9 responses)

For those outside the Dying States of America, half the commercials were either about AI or AI-generated. And you could tell. There were at least like five different Claude ads.

Also, the game was boring. I've always thought football is overrated, I watch a Super Bowl and it is BORING. Only in the fourth quarter did things happen but by then I went to sleep because that's more important.

By the way, the day after the Super Bowl is one of the slowest in US markets because we all waste ourselves on this stupid game.

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 9, 2026 12:38 UTC (Mon) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link] (6 responses)

> Also, the game was boring. I've always thought football is overrated, I watch a Super Bowl and it is BORING. Only in the fourth quarter did things happen but by then I went to sleep because that's more important.

"Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings." -- George Will

And it can't even do violence properly. (see: Rugby and especially Aussie Rules Football)

As an example of its craptitude, football is one of the few sports vastly improved by watching it on TV instead of in person. Even with the constant advertising breaks that said committee meetings enable.

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 9, 2026 16:47 UTC (Mon) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (5 responses)

> "Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings." -- George Will

Are you talking about Football, or are you talking about Football? 11 men running about kicking a ball, or 11 armour-clad men carrying a ball? Both are pretty naff imho :-)

Like pizza, give me 15 men on a rain-soaked muddy pitch playing "a game for hooligans played by gentlemen". Shame we lost but that match in Rome on Saturday was an absolute water-bath :-) And playing in PINK!

Cheers,
Wol

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 9, 2026 19:27 UTC (Mon) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link] (4 responses)

Are you talking about Football, or are you talking about Football?

George Will, the originator of the quote, was thinking of American football. He's an American political commentator speaking to an American audience, who would understand him to mean American football. The quote is from 1990, when that was even more true than today. The description is also clearly about American football; Association and Rugby football don't break the action the same way.

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 9, 2026 22:41 UTC (Mon) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (3 responses)

In case you hadn't noticed, I was making a bit of a dig...

And I've just realised I made an even bigger dig than intended. 11 men on a field, they play the ball with their feet (use of hands is - apart from the goalie - forbidden). 11 armour-clad men, are they even allowed to use their feet? All the pictures I see, they're carrying it!

Cheers,
Wol

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 10, 2026 5:05 UTC (Tue) by MortenSickel (subscriber, #3238) [Link] (1 responses)

And the thing they are carrying is not even round as a ball is supposed to be, I cannot understand why it is not called 'handegg'!

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 10, 2026 14:40 UTC (Tue) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

Wrong farm animal; it's a "pigskin" :) .

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 10, 2026 15:18 UTC (Tue) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link]

When it comes to ball shape and general playing style, Association football is definitely the odd one out. The other styles of football- Rugby, Gridiron, Aussie Rules, etc.- have settled on an oblong ball that is mostly advanced by players carrying it in their hands. American football is at the far end of the spectrum in terms of how much the ball is carried vs kicked and the elongation of the ball, but it's closer to, say, Rugby than Rugby is to Association. The really weird things about Gridiron football are allowing the forward pass, stopping play for a scrimmage every time the ball carrier is tackled, and free substitution.

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 9, 2026 19:12 UTC (Mon) by jkingweb (subscriber, #113039) [Link] (1 responses)

Was the other half advertising for various forms of gambling?

Yes, the Super Bowl commercials were trash

Posted Feb 9, 2026 19:26 UTC (Mon) by jpeisach (subscriber, #181966) [Link]

> Was the other half advertising for various forms of gambling?

Not enough to be "half", but I'd say about 10-20%.