Linux 6.19: 40% Speed Boost on Old AMD GPUs & Faster Ext4

Linux 6.19: 40% Speed Boost on Old AMD GPUs & Faster Ext4

• Linus Torvalds has released Linux 6.19 kernel, moving legacy AMD Radeon GPUs to the modern amdgpu driver and enabling larger block sizes in ext4 for improved storage performance.

Linux & Open Source · February 8, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 261 words