Linux 6.19-rc3 was released by Linus Torvalds this week, incorporating a collection of fixes. The release candidate is described as "light", aligning with expectations during the Christmas week when many corporate developers are on paid time off or engaged in year-end festivities. This holiday release offers foundational bug resolutions as the 6.19 kernel series continues its stabilization phase. The 6.19 development cycle has recently highlighted significant issues, including a 52.4% scheduler regression identified on December 26, and severe performance regressions affecting AMD RDNA3/RDNA4 GPUs reported on December 27, which the ongoing release candidates aim to resolve before the final stable kernel.