Kernel 6.19 is out, and brief details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2602.1/00382.html

As expected, the latest versions of VMware (25.0) and NVIDIA (590.48.01) all compile and load/run OK…

As with the transition from the 5.XX kernel, 6.19 is the last of the 6.XX release version, and the next will be 7.0..

I have also been testing Fedora 44, which comes with GCC 16, and – so far – the kernel compiles successfully with this, with maybe a couple of ‘warnings’…

Robert Gadsdon.   February 8th 2026..