Linux 7.2 is out. The latest kernel adds cache-aware scheduling, device-to-device data transfer over USB4 cables and a glut of ext4, NTFS and btrfs filesystem boosts.
One much-hyped GPU change didn't make it over the line, pulled at the last minute due to performance regression.
One much-hyped GPU change didn't make it over the line, pulled at the last minute due to performance regression.
Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4, mglru reclaim
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
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August 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Linux 7.2 is out. The latest kernel adds cache-aware scheduling, device-to-device data transfer over USB4 cables and a glut of ext4, NTFS and btrfs filesystem boosts.
One much-hyped GPU change didn't make it over the line, pulled at the last minute due to performance regression.
One much-hyped GPU change didn't make it over the line, pulled at the last minute due to performance regression.
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UGREEN NAS: EXT4 vs Btrfs – Which File System Should You Choose?
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staring deeply into ext4 indoes but they stare back
January 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
staring deeply into ext4 indoes but they stare back
me to your hard drive
July 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
me to your hard drive
Linux 6.19 brings Vulkan to older Radeon cards, hardware HDR, ext4 performance gains better Steam Deck/ROG Ally support – and plenty more. Full breakdown ⤵ #Linux
Linux 6.19: Faster AMD GPUs, Hardware HDR & ext4 Performance
Linux 6.19 brings native Vulkan support to older AMD Radeon GPUs, hardware-accelerated HDR via the DRM Colour Pipeline API and ext4 performance boosts.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Linux 6.19 brings Vulkan to older Radeon cards, hardware HDR, ext4 performance gains better Steam Deck/ROG Ally support – and plenty more. Full breakdown ⤵ #Linux
EXT4 In Linux 7.0 Improves Write Performance For Concurrent Direct I/O Writes - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-EXT4
EXT4 In Linux 7.0 Improves Write Performance For Concurrent Direct I/O Writes
Sent out and already merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel are the EXT4 file-system updates...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
EXT4 In Linux 7.0 Improves Write Performance For Concurrent Direct I/O Writes - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-EXT4
EXT4
ZFS
NTFS
FAT32
APFS
Am I doing format jokes right?
ZFS
NTFS
FAT32
APFS
Am I doing format jokes right?
July 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
EXT4
ZFS
NTFS
FAT32
APFS
Am I doing format jokes right?
ZFS
NTFS
FAT32
APFS
Am I doing format jokes right?
EXT4 Preps More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.3 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/EXT4-Linux-7.3
EXT4 Preps More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.3
In addition to the IOmap improvements helping EXT4 performance in Linux 7.3, the main EXT4 feature pull request has now been submitted for this next kernel version. That pull is set to land yet more performance optimizations for EXT4...
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August 20, 2026 at 1:03 AM
EXT4 Preps More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.3 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/EXT4-Linux-7.3
ext4 file sync semantic
nixos breaks this
July 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
ext4 file sync semantic
Which format are we joking about today?
NTFS?
EXT4?
ZFS?
NTFS?
EXT4?
ZFS?
May 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Which format are we joking about today?
NTFS?
EXT4?
ZFS?
NTFS?
EXT4?
ZFS?
ext4 like God intended
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 AM
ext4 like God intended
It is, actually?
Compared to ext4, NTFS is antiquated and ext4 is 15 years old. It's missing tons of features, bangs into its own limitations and doesn't take advantage of FORTY YEARS worth of advances in storage technology.
Compared to ext4, NTFS is antiquated and ext4 is 15 years old. It's missing tons of features, bangs into its own limitations and doesn't take advantage of FORTY YEARS worth of advances in storage technology.
Well, if it ain't broke...
September 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It is, actually?
Compared to ext4, NTFS is antiquated and ext4 is 15 years old. It's missing tons of features, bangs into its own limitations and doesn't take advantage of FORTY YEARS worth of advances in storage technology.
Compared to ext4, NTFS is antiquated and ext4 is 15 years old. It's missing tons of features, bangs into its own limitations and doesn't take advantage of FORTY YEARS worth of advances in storage technology.
EXT4 Better Hardened Against Maliciously-Fuzzed File-Systems - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15-EXT4
EXT4 Better Hardened Against Maliciously-Fuzzed File-Systems
Ted Ts'o at Google has sent out the EXT4 file-system updates for the in-development Linux 6.15 kernel...
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March 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
EXT4 Better Hardened Against Maliciously-Fuzzed File-Systems - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15-EXT4
WHY can't macOS read ext4 in 2024
May 25, 2024 at 7:08 AM
WHY can't macOS read ext4 in 2024
EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance" - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-EXT4-Performance
EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"
Ted Ts'o sent out the EXT4 file-system changes today for the Linux 6.16 kernel. While EXT4 may not see as much code churn these days given its mature state compared to say Btrfs and Bcachefs, with Linux 6.16 are some tantalizing performance improvements...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance" - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-EXT4-Performance
Considering the Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella loves Linux, how come there's still no native support for EXT4/BTRFS drive partitions in Windows yet? 🫠
May 18, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Considering the Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella loves Linux, how come there's still no native support for EXT4/BTRFS drive partitions in Windows yet? 🫠
Archive files (.tar, .zip) and file systems (ext4, NTFS, FAT32) are two sides of the same coin.
February 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Archive files (.tar, .zip) and file systems (ext4, NTFS, FAT32) are two sides of the same coin.
EXT4 Optimizes Online Defragmentation, Improves Performance & Larger Block Sizes - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-EXT4
EXT4 Optimizes Online Defragmentation, Improves Performance & Larger Block Sizes
The merged EXT4 changes for Linux 6.19 bring some of the most prominent feature changes in recent times for this mature and widely-used Linux file-system...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
EXT4 Optimizes Online Defragmentation, Improves Performance & Larger Block Sizes - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-EXT4