{"id":274482,"date":"2026-06-16T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/linux-7-1-is-here-to-end-the-intel-486-cpu-era-and-do-some-serious-legacy-clean-up\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:30:23","slug":"linux-7-1-is-here-to-end-the-intel-486-cpu-era-and-do-some-serious-legacy-clean-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/linux-7-1-is-here-to-end-the-intel-486-cpu-era-and-do-some-serious-legacy-clean-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux 7.1 is here to end the Intel 486 CPU era &#8211; and do some serious legacy clean up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/say-goodbye-to-486-processors-linux-7-1-lands\/\">Linux 7.1 is here to end the Intel 486 CPU era &#8211; and do some serious legacy clean up<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/say-goodbye-to-486-processors-linux-7-1-lands\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/say-goodbye-to-486-processors-linux-7-1-lands\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-16 10:12:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">recep-bg\/E+ via Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ZDNET:\u00a0<span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on Google.<\/p>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s the end of the road for the 486 processor.<\/li>\n<li>NTFS is finally a first-class file system on Linux.<\/li>\n<li>The latest kernel boasts other improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On his way to Mumbai for the Open Source Summit India, Linus Torvalds announced the\u00a0latest Linux kernel: 7.1. This new version comes with a brand\u2011new in\u2011kernel,\u00a0Microsoft&#8217;s New Technology File System (NTFS) implementation, Intel&#8217;s Flexible Return and Event Delivery (FRED) enabled by default, and a purge of aging code and hardware support, including the end of the road for 486 support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: Windows Subsystem for Linux gives developers a compelling reason to stick with Microsoft &#8211; here&#8217;s why<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new kernel arrives just months after Linux 7.0 debuted with major networking and filesystem changes. Version 7.1 continues the trend of tightening Linux&#8217;s hardware focus while improving performance and security.<\/p>\n<h2>New NTFS driver<\/h2>\n<p>The headline change for most people in Linux 7.1 is its new native NTFS driver. Many Linux users, whether they like it or not, must deal with Microsoft file systems, and that&#8217;s where this driver comes in. It replaces both the old, dusty NTFS\u20113G FUSE driver in many setups and the Paragon\u2011contributed NTFS3 kernel driver that has had a bumpy history with data\u2011corruption reports. Indeed, Torvalds himself calls this new driver an &#8220;NTFS resurrection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new code is built on Linux&#8217;s contemporary filesystem infrastructure, using iomap and folios instead of older buffer_head\u2011centric paths. 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