We might finally be getting Linux 7.0 at last

• Linux 6.19 just came out, and Torvalds has confirmed that 7.0 will be next
• “Almost running out of fingers and toes again,” in reference to ending at x.19
• The latest major release (and first of 2026) arrived at the same time as the Super Bowl

Linus Torvalds has confirmed that the next Linux kernel will be version 7.0 following the release of 6.19, and it hasn’t come as a surprise to those who know Torvalds avoids version numbers he can’t count on his fingers and toes – a light-hearted internal naming convention that keeps version numbers below x.19.

Versions 3, 5 and 6 all ended with x.19 before getting their upgrades, with version 4 standing out for hitting version x.20.