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Linux Filesystems Gain Bcachefs Update, APFS Support
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bcachefs 1.37.0 was released, adding support for the forthcoming Linux 7.0 kernel and improvements including faster multi-device performance, improved erasure coding, and quicker unsafe-shutdown recovery. Separately, KDE Linux's March 2026 alpha builds add preliminary APFS read/write support via Ernesto Fernández's linux-apfs-rw (v0.3.18), though support is x86-64 only and remains experimental.
Key Points
- 1Releases bcachefs 1.37.0 adding Linux 7.0 compatibility and performance, erasure-coding improvements
- 2Highlights KDE Linux alpha adding linux-apfs-rw v0.3.18 to enable preliminary APFS read/write support
- 3Means sysadmins can test APFS volumes on x86-64 KDE Linux; features still experimental and limited
Scoring Rationale
Official release notes and actionable filesystem improvements drive the score; limited novelty and niche scope limit broader impact.
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