Topic: ext4

Linux kernel 7.2 announced on a mock newspaper with related hardware around it

Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4 and Btrfs

Linux kernel 7.2 has been released, adding cache-aware scheduling, ext4 filesystem performance boosts and a slew of new and improved hardware drivers for laptops and peripherals. A merge widow record was also set during the […]

17 August 2026
Linux 6.19 kernel release headline on a newspaper with ASUS Ally ROG, Strix motherboard and Radeon 2070 GPU around it.

Linux 6.19: 40% Speed Boost on Old AMD GPUs & Faster Ext4

Linux 6.19 brings native Vulkan support to older AMD Radeon GPUs, hardware-accelerated HDR via the DRM Colour Pipeline API and ext4 speed boosts.

8 February 2026
Newspaper headline announcing the release of a new Linux kernel, featuring the Linux penguin mascot.

Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This is What’s New

Linux kernel 6.17 is released with Intel Xe3 graphics, SmartMux support for AMD hybrid GPUs, Legion Go S drivers, SSD write improvements – and a lot more!

28 September 2025
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Next-gen file system May be default in UBuntu 10.10

Scott James Remnant of the Ubuntu Foundations team has mentioned that the next-generation BTRFS filesystem could very well be the default filesystem for Maverick installs, stating in his blog post: – “We are going to […]

14 May 2010