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Linux 7.2 To Better Communicate File-System Casefolding For Helping Windows NFS & More

Phoronix - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 18:24
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...

GNU Linux-libre 7.1-gnu Released With More Driver Deblobbing, Unhappy With i486 Removal

Phoronix - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 17:55
Following yesterday's release of the upstream Linux 7.1 kernel release, GNU Linux-libre 7.1 is out with its new build for de-blobbing various drivers from loading non-free-software microcode/firmware and other sanitizing of the kernel code in the name of software freedom...

Linux 7.2 To Raise LLVM/Clang Compiler Requirement, Add Support For Distributed ThinLTO

Phoronix - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 08:33
Among the early pull requests sent in prior to today's Linux 7.1 release of new material aiming for Linux 7.2 were all the Kbuild updates...

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