Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 27, 2024
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Making containers bootable for fun and profit: a DevConf.cz talk on the bootc utility.
- Programming in Unison: an experimental programming language with a unique approach to collaborative development.
- The GhostBSD in the machine: a look at the GhostBSD 20.04.1 release.
- A capability set for user namespaces: another attempt to make user namespaces a little bit less scary.
- Yet more LSFMM+BPF reporting:
- Updates to pahole: Poke-a-hole has grown far beyond its original parameters; now, it is being used to produce BTF debugging information for the kernel.
- Rust for filesystems: adding Rust abstractions for the VFS layer is proceeding, though there are still obstacles that need to be resolved, which was the topic of the discussion.
- Finishing the conversion to the "new" mount API: many kernel filesystems have still not converted to use the mount API that came in Linux 5.2 in 2019; the discussion considered some of the remaining issues to be resolved to finish the job.
This week's edition also includes these inner pages:
- Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
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