Linus Torvalds has tagged Linux 6.14 after an 8-week merge and stabilization cycle. This release brings multiple long-simmering features to production maturity.
Rust Drivers Expand
The Rust-for-Linux project lands its first fully-Rust network driver (a virtio-net reimplementation), joining earlier Rust code in the GPU and filesystem subsystems. Kernel Rust is now considered suitable for new driver development, not just experimental work.
sched_ext Stabilized
The extensible scheduler class (sched_ext), which lets administrators load custom CPU schedulers via eBPF, is officially stable. Meta, Google, and Valve are among the first users shipping production schedulers tuned for specific workloads (Steam Deck gaming, Android OS, data center serving).
bcachefs Production Ready
Kent Overstreet has declared bcachefs production-ready for single-device setups. Multi-device tiered storage remains experimental but usable. Snapshots, compression, encryption, and erasure coding are all present and tested.
