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Reading /proc/filesystems for obtaining a list of file-systems supported by the running kernel is done frequently on Linux. Namely due to being read by the SELinux library (libselinux), reading of /proc/filesystems is done more often than one would typically expect and now the Linux 7.2 kernel is optimizing for it to yield much better performance...

Reading /proc/filesystems Is Surprisingly Done Very Often & Now As Much As 444% Faster  Phoronix

Mozilla Firefox 152 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux

Linux 7.1 is out — Steam Deck audio fixed, Intel 486 support dropped  Dignited

7 ways AI can help with your Linux system management  ZDNET

Arch Linux locks down AUR signups amid wave of malicious commits  The Register

Windows Subsystem for Linux 3 gives developers a compelling reason to stick with Microsoft - here's why  ZDNET

While we have seen Coreboot work-in-progress support for older Ryzen-powered Framework Laptops, it seems there is a recent uptick in development around supporting Coreboot on Framework Computer's modern Intel-powered wares...

The scheduler updates were merged this morning for the Linux 7.2 kernel and it's exciting. Cache Aware Scheduling has finally been merged! This is a win for especially modern Intel and AMD processors with multiple last level caches (LLCs)...

Cache Aware Scheduling Merged For Linux 7.2 For Boosting Modern Intel & AMD CPUs  Phoronix

Debian's quiet flexibility is why it stays on so many of my PCs  How-To Geek

Espressif Prepares for ESP32-E22 General Avaiability with Wi-Fi 6E Certification, Open Linux Driver  Hackster.io

Flatpak-NG sounds like bad news for systemd refuseniks  The Register

Espressif Prepares for ESP32-E22 General Availability with Wi-Fi 6E Certification, Open Linux Driver  Hackster.io

Linux kernel 7.1 released with updated NTFS driver  Techzine Global

Windows vs. Linux: Here's which one is better for self-hosted apps  How-To Geek

MX Linux 25.2 Released With Kernel 7.0 Option and Updated Raspberry Pi Edition  gHacks

Miguel Ojeda already mailed in the many Rust code changes for the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel. This is quite a big Rust code with more than forty thousand new lines of Rust code in the kernel...

GNU Linux-Libre 7.1 Kernel Released for Software Freedom Lovers  9to5Linux

Newly-merged code for the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel will now expose the case-folding (case insensitive) behavior of local file-systems so that Linux file servers and others can properly report the actual behavior rather than guessing if case-folding is actually used/supported...