672: The Kernel Is Not a Museum

Your favorite open source projects have been busy. We round up the new releases worth knowing about, plus the big kernel changes headed your way soon. Sponsored By: Webroot: Webroot is cloud-based antivirus, engineered to stay out of your way. For a limited time, you can save sixty percent. Jupiter Party Annual Membership: Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula: Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: AppleTalk 1985-2026 Memorial Sticker Sorry, I only open regular files Sticker Webroot — Save sixty percent when you go to webroot.com/unplugged. 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD KDE Plasma 6.7 Released With Per-Screen Virtual Desktops, Wayland Improvements - Phoronix Plasma 6.7 - KDE Community See what's next for Firefox — Firefox.com systemd 261 Released With New systemd-sysinstall OS Installer Introducing Myna: Speech to Text for Ubuntu Desktop myna: Myna is a lightweight speech-to-text application for Ubuntu Desktop. Linux 7.1 Annouced by Linus on Sunday June 14th — Anyway, possible slight hiccups in the merge window aside, the newstoday is 7.1. Linux Kernel 7.1 Officially Released, Here's What’s New - 9to5Linux Linux 7.1 Features: New NTFS Driver, New Intel + AMD Hardware, Performance Optimizations & Modernization - Phoronix Linux Kernel 7.1 Officially Released with New NTFS Driver, Intel FRED, and Major Code Cleanup | Linux Journal The first half of the 7.2 merge window - LWN.net Linux 7.2 Adds Ability To Limit Programs To Only Open Regular Files, Avoid Being Tricked Or Doing Silly Things - Phoronix Btrfs Now Enables Large Folios By Default, Lands Huge Folios With Linux 7.2 - Phoronix XFS Zone Allocator No Longer Experimental With Linux 7.2 - Phoronix EXT4 Reworks Fast Commit Handling & Faster Directory Hash Computation - Phoronix Linux 7.2 Improves Anonymous/Unnamed Pipe Performance For Shell Pipelines & More - Phoronix AF_ALG Deprecation Approved For Linux 7.2, Useless & Insecure Crypto Driver Code Removed - Phoronix Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support - Phoronix soltros/Cabinet — Cabinet is a lean, high-performance "File Locker" designed for self-hosting. It prioritizes a fast web experience, mobile-first design, and simple file management without the bloat of complex syncing engines. Distro Stu's Nix Router Config Pick: Fluxcast — Stream your Linux desktop to a Smart TV via Miracast/WFD, DLNA, or Chromecast. Pick: audible-cli — A command line interface for audible package. With the cli you can download your Audible books, cover, chapter files. Pick: Import-To-AudioBookShelf — A utility to take books which you legally purchased from Audible and move them into Audio BookShelf Pick: quipclipper — Find and cut lossless clips from movies & TV by searching the subtitle dialogue.