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Phoronix

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

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...

Phoronix

Mesa Begins Seeing Patch Activity For AMD GFX12.1 Graphics

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...

LWN.net

Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc2

The second 7.1 kernel prepatch is out for testing. "It's not small, and while it's a bit early to say for sure, I do suspect we're seeing the same continued pattern of more patches than usual - probably due to AI tooling - that we saw in 7.0."

9to5Linux

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 3rd, 2026

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for May 3rd, 2026, brings news about Arch Linux 2026.05.01, Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.6, Fedora Linux 44, Wireshark 4.6.5, AerynOS 2026.05, LibreOffice 26.2.3, EndeavourOS Titan Neo, Shotcut 26.4, Grml 2026.04, Calibre 9.8, Linux Mint 22.3 HWE, Shelly 2.2, IPFire 2.29 Core Update 201, qBittorrent 5.2, Copy Fail patches, and more.

Foss Force

Ask.com Goes to the Great Beyond

Ask Jeeves rode the dot‑com bubble, reemerged as Ask.com under IAC, and now disappears into history in an era when AI summaries increasingly replace traditional search results. The post Ask.com Goes to the Great Beyond appeared first on FOSS Force.