EXT4 Reworks Fast Commit Handling & Faster Directory Hash Computation

The EXT4 file-system improvements were merged today for Linux 7.2 with some enticing optimizations...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-EXT4

Monthly production report 2026-05: KDE NEON install guide, a long making-of and Italy

https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1153/monthly-production-report-2026-05-kde-neon-install-guide-a-long-making-of-and-italy

#MonthlyReport

Experimental, Reverse-Engineered & AI Assisted Rust Driver Targets Modern DisplayLink Hardware

The original DisplayLink USB display adapters were great for working with an upstream, open-source driver while sadly the newer DisplayLink tech has been limited to an out-of-tree driver and proprietary user-space daemon. But posted today is an experimental "Vino" driver that is a clean-room, reverse-engineered driver for newer DisplayLink hardware...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Experimental-Vino-DRM-Driver

Myna Announced As Speech-To-Text Solution For The Ubuntu Desktop

Earlier this month plans were shared publicly of Ubuntu 26.10 aiming to build a context-aware desktop with local AI features and one of the first capabilities to be integrated speech-to-text support. Now we have more details on the speech-to-text plans with Canonical announcing the Myna project...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Myna-Speech-To-Text

É tão engraçado as pessoas dizendo com todo orgulho que estão gerando muito código fonte com o Claude.

(e também deprimente: nestas décadas todas ainda não aprenderam que quanto mais código, pior? Voltamos a usar KLOCs como unidade de medição?)

E eu, lidando com software legado, uso o Claude pra me ajudar a REDUZIR a quantidade de código fonte nos sistemas. :D

For its 6-month anniversary, bevy_fs v0.2.0 released today! 🎉 It includes some exciting changes like the migration of the FDM to avian_fdm (https://github.com/viccuad/avian_fdm), a new terrain shader that colours the terrain based on its slope and a new aeroplane.

Thank you so much for your motivation and support here on Mastodon.

Release notes:
https://github.com/wesfly/bevy_fs/releases/tag/v0.2.0
https://codeberg.org/wesfly/bevy_fs/releases/tag/v0.2.0

#Bevy #BevyEngine #Aviation #Rust #GameDev #FlightSim #DevLog

Btrfs Now Enables Large Folios By Default, Lands Huge Folios With Linux 7.2

The Btrfs file-system feature updates have been merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel with a few noteworthy changes for this copy-on-write file-system...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Btrfs