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Linux 7.2 VFS IOmap Optimizations Yield 5% EXT4/XFS IOPS Gain

Phoronix recently reported that the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel is set to introduce significant I/O performance gains for the EXT4 and XFS file systems. Changes within the VFS pull requests, specificall...

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Linux 7.2 Improves File-System Case-Folding Communication for Windows NFS

Recently, code was merged into the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel to improve file-system case-folding communication. This update allows Linux file servers to accurately report whether local file syst...

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Linux 7.1-rc1 Released with New NTFS Driver and FRED by Default

Linux 7.1-rc1 was released today, April 27, 2026, marking the conclusion of the merge window for the upcoming kernel version. This release introduces a new NTFS driver and enables FRED (Flexible Retur...

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New NTFS Filesystem Driver Pull Request Submitted for Linux 7.1 Merge Window

A pull request introducing a new, modern NTFS filesystem driver was submitted today for the Linux 7.1 kernel merge window. This new driver aims to provide an improved Linux NTFS experience compared to...

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KDE Linux Adds Apple APFS File-System Support, AMDGPU Issue Workaround

KDE Linux, serving as a reference platform for the KDE Plasma desktop, has received notable enhancements. These recent updates include the addition of Apple APFS file-system support, improving compati...

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Bcachefs 1.37 Released with Linux 7.0 Support and Stable Erasure Coding

Kent Overstreet today released Bcachefs 1.37, the newest feature release for this out-of-tree file-system driver and its user-space tooling. This update brings support for Linux kernel 7.0. A signific...

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Linux 7.0 Merges NULLFS, OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE, and Btrfs Remap-Tree

The Linux 7.0 kernel merge window commenced today, bringing initial significant changes. Christian Brauner's VFS pull requests were merged, introducing the NULLFS and OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE features. NUL...

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