# Ain’t Nothing But a Syncthing

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/681/
> Syncthing saves the day in an unexpected way, and we dig into what’s new in Linux 7.2.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 681
- Date: 2026-08-23
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Duration: 01:35:19
- Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/d928e092-2e05-4da1-80db-ac0bfb610d10.mp3


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* [Sorry, I only open regular files Sticker](https://www.jupitergarage.com/product/sorry-not-sorry "Sorry, I only open regular files Sticker")
* [Longtime Linux CIFS/SMB3 Maintainer Passes Away](https://www.phoronix.com/news/SMB3-CIFS-Maintainer-Change "Longtime Linux CIFS/SMB3 Maintainer Passes Away")
* [Linux 7.2 Kernel Newbies](https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.2 "Linux 7.2 Kernel Newbies")
* [Cache Aware Scheduling Merged For Linux 7.2 For Boosting Modern Intel & AMD CPUs](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Scheduler "Cache Aware Scheduling Merged For Linux 7.2 For Boosting Modern Intel & AMD CPUs")
* [Linux 7.2 To Revert Back To The FIFO DRM Scheduler Policy Due To "Fair" Regressions](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Reverting-DRM-Fair "Linux 7.2 To Revert Back To The FIFO DRM Scheduler Policy Due To "Fair" Regressions")
* [[REGRESSION] drm/sched: FAIR policy causes serious performance degradation at max GPU load on 9070XT](https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg6369442.html "\[REGRESSION\] drm/sched: FAIR policy causes serious performance degradation at max GPU load on 9070XT")
* [reduce pipe->mutex contention by pre-allocating outside the lock](https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20260524-fix_pipe-v3-0-bb4a75d23a90@debian.org/ "reduce pipe->mutex contention by pre-allocating outside the lock") — While profiling Meta's caching code, I found pipe->mutex contention on the hot path. anon_pipe_write() currently calls alloc_page() once per page while holding pipe->mutex. The allocation can sleep doing direct reclaim and runs memcg charging, which extends the critical section and stalls any concurrent reader on the same mutex.
* [Linux Finally Eliminates The strncpy API After Six Years Of Work, 360+ Patches](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Drops-strncpy "Linux Finally Eliminates The strncpy API After Six Years Of Work, 360+ Patches")
* [Specially Crafted NTFS File-System Image Allows Root Access On Linux With NTFS3 Driver](https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTFS3-Vulnerability-For-Root "Specially Crafted NTFS File-System Image Allows Root Access On Linux With NTFS3 Driver")
* [The beginning of the 7.3 merge window](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1089244/65c1d71cc2f5185b/ "The beginning of the 7.3 merge window")
* [Linux 7.3 SMP Improvement To Help Reduce Latency, Improve Real-Time Performance](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-SMP "Linux 7.3 SMP Improvement To Help Reduce Latency, Improve Real-Time Performance")
* [Linux 7.3 Expected To "Flatten The Pick" For Better Scheduling While Gaming & More](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Flattens-The-Pick "Linux 7.3 Expected To "Flatten The Pick" For Better Scheduling While Gaming & More")
* [Linux 7.3 x86/mm Lands Patches To Greatly Improve Latency-Sensitive Workloads](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-x86-mm-Latency "Linux 7.3 x86/mm Lands Patches To Greatly Improve Latency-Sensitive Workloads")
* [Sched_ext's Sub-Scheduler Support Now "Feature Complete" With Linux 7.3](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-sched-ext "Sched_ext's Sub-Scheduler Support Now "Feature Complete" With Linux 7.3")
* [Btrfs Ready With More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.3: Some ~3x To ~5x Wins](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Btrfs "Btrfs Ready With More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.3: Some ~3x To ~5x Wins")
* [Linux 7.3 binfmt_misc To Allow BPF Programs To Dynamically Choose Execution Environments](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-binfmt-misc "Linux 7.3 binfmt_misc To Allow BPF Programs To Dynamically Choose Execution Environments")
* [Linux 7.3 drops support for two ancient file systems](https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-merge-window-kicks-off-by-throwing-out-two-ancient-file-systems/ "Linux 7.3 drops support for two ancient file systems")
* [Linux 7.3 Network Changes Merged But Developers "Completely Overwhelmed" Due To AI/LLMs](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Networking "Linux 7.3 Network Changes Merged But Developers "Completely Overwhelmed" Due To AI/LLMs")
* [Two Very Exciting Memory Management Optimizations Going Into Linux 7.3](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-MM "Two Very Exciting Memory Management Optimizations Going Into Linux 7.3")
* [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/ "Syncthing") — Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes
* [Syncthing GitHub](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing "Syncthing GitHub")
* [Rclone](https://rclone.org/ "Rclone") — Feature-rich alternative to cloud storage vendors' web storage interfaces.
* [LocalComet](https://github.com/AleksSmash2019/LocalComet "LocalComet") — A private, local-first Windows AI assistant built and validated with Codex.
* [A look at the Quickshell desktop-component toolkit](https://lwn.net/Articles/1083090/ "A look at the Quickshell desktop-component toolkit")
* [MCP-NixOS - Model Context Protocol for NixOS](https://mcp-nixos.io/ "MCP-NixOS - Model Context Protocol for NixOS") — Because your AI shouldn't hallucinate package names.
* [dataiku/kiji-proxy](https://github.com/dataiku/kiji-proxy "dataiku/kiji-proxy") — Privacy proxy for your OpenAI requests
* [Rockbox - Free Music Player Firmware](https://www.rockbox.org/ "Rockbox - Free Music Player Firmware")
* [Pick: ssh-clipboard](https://ssh-clipboard.standardagents.ai/ "Pick: ssh-clipboard") — Peer-to-peer clipboard sync over SSH. Copy anything on one machine, paste on another. Open source, and Written in Rust ackchyually.