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📰 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... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-FS-Proliferation-Burden #kernel#linux

📰 Turtle Beach WaveFront ISA Sound Cards Seeing Suspend/Resume Support On Linux In 2026 It's been an interesting 2026 in Linux development with beginning to phase out i486 CPU support, dropping ISDN and amateur "ham" radio support, and other code cleaning in the name of a diminishing user base -- or perhaps even no users left -- for those running such vintage hardware with a modern, up-to-date kernel. Yet ISA sound card drivers have seen an uptick in activity... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Turtle-Beach-WaveFront-SnR #kernel#linux

📰 EndeavourOS Titan Neo Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.6.4 and KDE Gear 26.04 EndeavourOS Titan Neo distribution is now available for download with the KDE Plasma 6.6.4 desktop environment, Linux kernel 6.19.12, and other changes. Here’s what’s new! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-titan-neo-is-out-with-kde-plasma-6-6-4-and-kde-gear-26-04 #kde#kernel#linux#plasma

📰 First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.0 Is Now Available for Download Arch Linux 2026.05.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for May 2026, powered by Linux kernel 7.0 and featuring an improved installation experience. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0-is-now-available-for-download #arch#kernel#linux

📰 Linux 7.0 Release, Age Verification Laws, Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 & Other April Happenings A lot happened in the Linux and open-source world during the month of April. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 shipped, a lot of news around age attestation/verification laws, the Linux 7.0 kernel was released, Linux 7.1 is bringing many exciting changes as well as removing of old hardware drivers, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition CPU was released, we began testing the Intel Arc Pro B70 "BMG-G31", and much more software and hardware content that... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/April-2026-Highlights #fedora#intel#kernel#linux#opensource#ubuntu

📰 Linux 7.2 To Set Default DRM Scheduler Priority To "Fair", New AIE4 Hardware In AMDXDNA Even while the Linux 7.1 merge window was still ongoing this month, the initial "drm-misc-next" pull request to DRM-Next was sent out for beginning to queue new feature material toward the Linux 7.2 kernel coming this summer... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Initial-DRM-Misc-Next #kernel#linux

📰 Grml 2026.04 Linux Distro Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.19, Based on Debian 14 Forky Grml 2026.04 GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download based on Debian Testing/Forky and powered by Linux kernel 6.19. Here’s what’s new! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/grml-2026-04-linux-distro-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-19-based-on-debian-14-forky #debian#distro#gnu#kernel#linux

📰 Linux Mint To Begin Publishing HWE ISOs For Better Hardware Support Due to Linux Mint moving to a longer development cycle with their next release not due until December, Linux Mint developers have decided to begin regularly publishing hardware enablement "HWE" ISOs with newer Linux kernel versions to provide better support for new hardware... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-HWE-ISOs #kernel#linux

📰 AerynOS Gets New Branding and Updated Desktop Stacks AerynOS 2026.05 arrives with refreshed branding, GNOME 50.1, KDE Plasma 6.6.4, COSMIC 1.0.11, and Linux kernel 7.0.2. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/aerynos-gets-new-branding-and-updated-desktop-stacks/ #gnome#kde#kernel#linux#plasma

📰 AerynOS Updated With Linux 7.0, Gaming Optimized Kernel Flavor AerynOS, the Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS, is out with a new monthly ISO refresh and details on other recent improvements to this original, from-scratch Linux distribution... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-April-2026-Update #kernel#linux

📰 AMD Posts Newest Linux Patches To Accelerate Page Migration For Better Performance Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list this week was the newest revision of a patch series originally started in early 2025 by a NVIDIA engineer for accelerating page migration. Now being worked on by AMD engineers, this accelerated page migration via batch copies and hardware offloading continues to show promising results... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Accelerated-Page-Migration-v4 #amd#kernel#linux

📰 Linux Kernel 6.19 Reaches End of Life: Time to Move Forward by George WhittakerThe Linux kernel continues its fast-paced release cycle, and with that comes an important milestone: Linux kernel 6.19 has officially reached end of life (EOL). For users and distributions still running this branch, it’s now time to upgrade to a newer kernel version.This isn’t unexpected, Linux 6. 🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-kernel-619-reaches-end-life-time-move-forward #kernel#linux