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Linux MGLRU Improvements Net A 30% Increase For MongoDB, More Than 100% On HDDs

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 21:00
It's been a while since having any improvements to talk about for the MGLRU multi-gen LRU functionality for the Linux kernel to optimize page reclamation and help with system performance especially when enduring memory pressure. But this week a Tencent engineer posted some very promising patches for further enhancing this kernel feature...

Samba 4.24 Released With Remote Password Management Support, Other Improvements

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 20:18
Samba continues strong in 2026 for this leading open-source SMB protocol re-implementation for Microsoft Windows file and print services interoperability. Samba 4.24 brings more features, including remote password management support...

Google Engineers Launch "Sashiko" For Agentic AI Code Review Of The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 18:26
Google engineers have been spending the past number of months developing Sashiko as an agentic AI code review system for the Linux kernel. It's now open-source and publicly available and will continue to do upstream Linux kernel code review thanks to funding from Google...

GRUB Bootloader Development Moves To FreeDesktop.org

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 18:16
The widely-used GRUB bootloader is now being developed on FreeDesktop.org with a modern GitLab-based workflow...

Arm Preparing Live Firmware Activation Support For Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 18:08
A new platform feature being worked on by Arm engineers for the Linux kernel is Live Firmware Activation to allow for updated firmware components to be deployed without requiring a system reboot...

Linux 7.0 Better Supporting The Logitech MX Master 4 Bluetooth Mouse

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 17:52
For those that happen to have the Logitech MX Master 4 wireless mouse or are considering this high-end ~$120 USD Bluetooth mouse, better support for it was merged yesterday to Linux 7.0...

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