Meteor Lake-Swhat was supposed to be the fourteenth generation of Intel Core processors for desktop computers is on its way to becoming a case where Mulder and Scully, lead agents The X-File/The X-Files. With the cancellation apparently confirmed, we were recently able to learn that Intel introduced its support in Linux 6.5, the future version of the famous kernel.

Due to the fact that it is free software and its development is open, the Linux kernel has become a good trick to learn about the next moves of some manufacturers, mainly Intel and AMD. The former is the company that best supports Linux and is one of the most active contributors this century, while the latter has significantly increased its contribution in recent years, mainly due to the interest generated by the existence of Chromebooks and the Steam Deck.

The introduction of Meteor Lake-S support in Linux 6.5 It was possible to find out thanks to the extraction requirement (pull request), which was collected by the medium Phoronix and in which he is mentioned a new driver for a range of Intel processors. The presence of support for Meteor Lake-S is a bit surprising considering that the company has no intention of promoting it, two possible reasons being the hardware sales market which is currently very depressed and that Intel could reserve the cards for the future . Windows 12 edition.

Although the inclusion of a driver for Meteor Lake-S in Linux 6.5 is a bit surprising and may raise some hope, it may not say anything in the end, and what’s more, it’s even possible that its inclusion is necessary to support Meteor Lake processors aimed at notebooks. In other words, it is very likely that the presence of a Meteor Lake-S driver in Linux 6.5 is due to support issues and not because Intel has any commercial intentions line of processors, although in the change he introduced around his brands, he mentioned the generation by name, because notebook variants will be launched.

Be that as it may, Intel has brought Meteor Lake-S back to the fore by introducing a driver for this line of processors in Linux 6.5. Unsurprisingly, Meteor Lake-S is currently a corpse, but the fact that the company has come forward to announce this suggests that work on it is well advanced. Will we see a correction in the coming months? Circumstances do not call for it.