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Linux File-System Proliferation A Burden: Requirements Laid Out For Any Future File-Systems

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2026 - 18:28
The growing number of file-systems within the Linux kernel source tree is causing an ongoing burden for upstream developers maintaining the virtual file-system (VFS) code around it and associated code. As a result of the continuing rise of new file-systems being proposed for the Linux kernel, documentation is being introduced to establish clear guidelines for getting new file-systems accepted into the mainline kernel...

Mesa Begins Seeing Patch Activity For AMD GFX12.1 Graphics

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2026 - 17:58
Since last November we've begun seeing new open-source driver activity for their next-gen GPU IP with their GFX12.1 graphics engine. GFX12 (12.0) was for the Radeon RX 9000 series RDNA4 hardware while GFX 12.1 is some new revision for yet-to-be-known products while there is also GFX13 bring-up and GFX12.5 too...

How to Monitor Linux Performance with Sysstat Tools

Tecmint - Mon, 05/04/2026 - 12:25
The post How to Monitor Linux Performance with Sysstat Tools first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Sysstat is a collection of performance monitoring utilities for Linux that includes mpstat, pidstat, iostat, and sar, and together they

The post How to Monitor Linux Performance with Sysstat Tools first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Linux 7.1-rc2 Released With Audio Fix For Steam Deck OLED, Other Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2026 - 05:30
Linux 7.1-rc2 is out for testing with its accumulation of initial bug and regression fixes that have been collected over the past week since the Linux 7.1 merge window was capped off...

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