Bcachefs Fixes Pull Once Again Frustrates Linus Torvalds – Two Choices Offered
Linus Torvalds is frustrated with Bcachefs development, GIMP 3.0 nears release, Fedora 41 supports Intel's IPU6 cameras, AMD's Ryzen AI 300 series outperforms Intel's Core Ultra 7, and OpenZFS 2.3-rc1 is released.
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Linus Torvalds has expressed frustration over the ongoing issues with the experimental Bcachefs file system, leading to two proposed paths for its future development. Meanwhile, GIMP 3.0 is nearing its first release candidate, and Fedora 41 will include improved support for Intel's IPU6 web cameras. The Linux 6.12 kernel has introduced patches addressing speculative store bypass issues for several Arm cores, while OpenZFS 2.3-rc1 has been released, featuring RAIDZ expansion and enhanced deduplication. SDL 3.1.3 has been launched as a stable ABI preview, and KDE Plasma 6.2 is set for release next week. Other updates include Wine 9.19, which enhances window positioning on Wayland, and Qualcomm's new Cloud AI 80 accelerator. Intel's Panther Lake processors are also being prepared for Linux support, with initial patches for a new neural processing unit. AMD's Ryzen AI 300 series has shown superior performance compared to Intel's Core Ultra 7 in Linux environments. Additionally, ZLUDA is evolving as an open-source multi-GPU CUDA implementation, and Fwupd 2.0 has been released, streamlining firmware updates for Linux systems.
- Linus Torvalds is frustrated with Bcachefs development, offering two future paths.
- GIMP 3.0 is close to its first release candidate.
- Fedora 41 will support Intel's IPU6 web cameras out-of-the-box.
- AMD's Ryzen AI 300 series outperforms Intel's Core Ultra 7 in Linux benchmarks.
- OpenZFS 2.3-rc1 introduces significant new features for Linux and FreeBSD systems.
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