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Linux 7.2 Surpasses More Than 43 Million Lines In The Kernel Tree

Phoronix - Sun, 06/28/2026 - 18:47
Today marks the last day of the Linux 7.2 merge window with Linux 7.2-rc1 due out later today. With the many new features and improvements merged over the past week since the Linux 7.1 stable debut, the Linux kernel source tree now exceeds 43 million lines...

Vim Patches Yielding Faster GTK3 Wayland Performance: "Major Milestone"

Phoronix - Sun, 06/28/2026 - 18:24
For those using Vim with its GTK3 toolkit interface on Wayland, it soon should be delivering much better performance with pending patches...

Nourish: A New Wayland Compositor Powered By Vulkan With Infinite Scrolling/Panning

Phoronix - Sun, 06/28/2026 - 08:52
The newest Wayland compositor on the block is Nourish, it's a Vulkan-powered and its unique selling point is offering "infinite" zooming and panning to in effect provide an infinite workspace...

Reserved THP Feature Proposed For Linux To Combine The Best Of HugeTLB & THP

Phoronix - Sun, 06/28/2026 - 00:50
Linux kernel developer and Bytedance engineer Qi Zheng sent out a request for comments (RFC) patch series on a new feature called Reserved THP to combine the best of HugeTLB and THP kernel functionality...

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