{"id":236058,"date":"2026-04-27T00:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/linux-7-1-rc1-brings-faster-safer-file-transfers-between-windows-and-linux-partitions-with-a-brand-new-ntfs-driver\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:35:09","slug":"linux-7-1-rc1-brings-faster-safer-file-transfers-between-windows-and-linux-partitions-with-a-brand-new-ntfs-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/linux-7-1-rc1-brings-faster-safer-file-transfers-between-windows-and-linux-partitions-with-a-brand-new-ntfs-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux 7.1-rc1 brings faster, safer file transfers between Windows and Linux partitions with a brand new NTFS driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/linux-71-rc1-brings-faster-safer-file-transfers-between-windows-and-linux-partitions-with-a-brand-new-ntfs-driver\/\">Linux 7.1-rc1 brings faster, safer file transfers between Windows and Linux partitions with a brand new NTFS driver<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/linux-71-rc1-brings-faster-safer-file-transfers-between-windows-and-linux-partitions-with-a-brand-new-ntfs-driver\/\">https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/linux-71-rc1-brings-faster-safer-file-transfers-between-windows-and-linux-partitions-with-a-brand-new-ntfs-driver\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-27 00:21:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.xda-developers.com\">www.xda-developers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title icon i-list\">Summary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Linux 7.1 merge window closed; first release candidate out now for public testing.\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        A four-year NTFS rewrite boosts speed and security for Windows-Linux dual-boot file access.\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Linux 7.1 also phases out support for the i486 and other ancient hardware (old networking, unused SoCs) to reduce maintenance.\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After a lot of bug fixes and a scary number of flagged issues during the release candidate phase, Linux version 7.0 was finally released a little while ago. And now that distros are beginning to implement the new kernel into their systems, it&#8217;s time to start testing version 7.1. Yep, the Linux community doesn&#8217;t give itself much time to rest when it comes to getting Linux kernels out the door.<br \/>\nLinus Torvalds has officially announced that Linux 7.1 is ready for public testing, while also releasing the first release candidate for everyone to use. This update is pretty substantial, as it contains new NTFS code that should make dual-booting between Windows and Linux a lot smoother. However, Linux 7.1 also begins the slow process of winding down support for a 37-year-old Intel processor, so it&#8217;s not all good news.<\/p>\n<p>small<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<h3 data-field=\"title\">Linux 7.1 just killed one of dual-booting&#8217;s biggest headaches<\/h3>\n<p>Now you have no excuse not to try Linux.<\/p>\n<h2>Linus Torvalds signals the go-ahead to begin Linux 7.1 testing<\/h2>\n<h3>The first release candidate is out now<\/h3>\n<p>As spotted by Neowin, Linus Torvalds announced that the merge window for Linux 7.1 has closed. This means people can no longer submit new features to the kernel; now, the focus is on testing the added features to ensure that no nasty bugs are hiding. Testing usually involves seven rounds of&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/linux-71-rc1-brings-faster-safer-file-transfers-between-windows-and-linux-partitions-with-a-brand-new-ntfs-driver\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux 7.1-rc1 brings faster, safer file transfers between Windows and Linux partitions with a brand&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.xdaimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/linux-on-ps5-featured.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71,57],"class_list":["post-236058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236060,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236058\/revisions\/236060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}