Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20250910 adds an optional Linux 6.12 LTS hardware‑enablement (HWE) kernel, giving Azure customers a supported path to newer device drivers and platform improvements while keeping the existing Linux 6.6 LTS kernel available for conservative deployments. Background...
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hardware enablement
hwe kernel
kernel backports
kernel lifecycle
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linux 6.12 lts
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linux kernel 6.12
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