On his way to Mumbai for the Open Source Summit India , Linus Torvalds announced the latest Linux kernel: 7.1 . This new version comes with a brand‑new in‑kernel, Microsoft's New Technology File System NTFS implementation , Intel'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. Also: Windows Subsystem for Linux gives developers a compelling reason...