Bcachefs Is No Longer Experimental, But Caution Still Applies
Kent Overstreet says Bcachefs is no longer experimental, while broader production use still calls for careful judgment.
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ZeroFS Turns S3 Buckets Into Linux Filesystems and Block Devices
ZeroFS is a new open-source project that exposes S3-compatible storage over NFS, 9P, and NBD for Linux systems.
OpenZFS 2.4.3 Adds Linux Kernel 7.0 Compatibility
OpenZFS 2.4.3 is now available with storage fixes, improved Linux mount option handling, and compatibility with Linux kernels up to 7.0.
OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released with Linux Kernel 7.0 Compatibility
OpenZFS 2.4.2 brings Linux kernel 7.0 compatibility, plus fixes for dRAID, rebuilds, block cloning, snapshots, and mount handling.
Bcachefs 1.38 Released With Faster Mounts and Discard Fixes
Bcachefs 1.38 fixes mount stalls, improves discard handling, and speeds up snapshot-heavy systems with journal and allocator changes.
Bcachefs 1.37 Released With Stable Erasure Coding and Linux 7 Support
Bcachefs 1.37 introduces stable erasure coding, improved crash recovery, enhanced subvolume tools, and support for Linux kernel 7.0.
OpenZFS 2.4.1 Released with Linux 6.19 Compatibility and FreeBSD Fixes
OpenZFS 2.4.1 adds Linux 6.19 support, improves FreeBSD compatibility, and delivers dozens of stability and build fixes across platforms.
XFS Could Gain a Self-Healing Feature in Linux Kernel 7.0
Linux kernel 7.0 could introduce real-time XFS filesystem health events, enabling a userspace daemon to detect and automatically repair issues.
DAXFS Proposed as a Zero-Copy Shared Memory Filesystem for Linux
A new Linux proposal introduces DAXFS, a read-only filesystem that bypasses page cache for direct access to shared memory.
OpenZFS 2.4 Extends Linux Kernel Support to 6.18 and Supports FreeBSD 14–16
OpenZFS 2.4 extends Linux kernel compatibility up to 6.18 while supporting FreeBSD 14, 15, and 16, bringing major performance, quota, and storage improvements.