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Linux 6.17 Will Allow Writing Zeroes More Efficiently To SSDs

Phoronix - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 17:48
In addition to the VFS changes merrged yesterday for allowing multi-device file-systems to better cope with losing a disk, another notable change as part of the VFS pull requests for Linux 6.17 allows more efficiently zeroing out a range on modern NVMe SSDs or SCSI drives...

EROFS Metadata Compression Lands Plus A ~2.5x Speedup For Reading Directories

Phoronix - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 17:31
Merged on Monday were the EROFS file-system updates for Linux 6.17. EROFS continues to be a common read-only file-system choice for some mobile/embedded devices as well as container use-cases...

Linux 6.17 Will Let Multi-Device Filesystems Better Cope With Losing A Disk

Phoronix - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 08:20
The VFS changes were merged a short time ago to the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel. Among the notable changes there is a patch that will allow file-systems like Btrfs and Bcachefs to better handle losing a disk in their built-in RAID/multi-device capabilities...

Digital Sovereignty is far more than compliance

Red Hat News - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 08:00
I have honed my expertise in digital sovereignty in recent years largely as a result of it being one of the things our EMEA-based partners and customers always ask about. There is no one unifying reason for this increased interest in digital sovereignty, but rather several converging factors are accelerating its urgency.The most obvious is geopolitical instability. Sanctions and trade wars continue to disrupt global business operations. As reported, a coalition of nearly 100 organisations has urged European Commission leaders to establish a dedicated fund for building technological independenc

GNU C Library 2.42 Released With SFrame Support, Newer Intel CPU Detection

Phoronix - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 05:00
Following yesterday's release of GNU Binutils 2.45, the GNU C Library 2.42 released today...

Hyprland Wayland Compositor Launches Subscription Service For "Premium Desktop Experience"

Phoronix - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 04:01
The Hyprland Wayland compositor that is popular with some Linux enthusiasts today formally announced Hyprperks, its new paid subscription service offering a "premium desktop experience" and other benefits...

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