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Linux Developers Looking At Retiring The x32 ABI

Phoronix - Wed, 05/27/2026 - 20:53
The Linux x32 ABI for x86_64 processors allow making use of the full 64-bit register file and wide data path but retaining 32-bit pointers to provide for a smaller memory footprint when not needing 64-bit pointers. Linux x32 came to the party late and didn't enjoy much adoption over the years and is now looking at possible removal from the Linux kernel...

Linux Driver To Expose Voltage Inputs For Raspberry Pi SBCs

Phoronix - Wed, 05/27/2026 - 18:15
The Raspberry Pi hardware monitoring driver "RASPBERRYPI-HWMON" is being extended to allow exposing voltage measurements on these ARM single board computers...

Intel TDX Runtime Updates Looks Like It Will Land For Linux 7.2

Phoronix - Wed, 05/27/2026 - 18:07
A feature that has been worked on for a while now by Intel Linux engineers is for allowing run-time updates of the Trusted Domain Extensions (TDX) module without having to reboot the running server. For Linux 7.2 it looks like that feature will be all-set for allowing the easier roll-out of security updates and the like for this confidential computing capability on modern Intel Xeon servers...

Canonical Releases Workshop As New Way Of Launching Development Environments

Phoronix - Wed, 05/27/2026 - 17:56
Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today the release of Workshop as their new Snap-based application for launching development environments with ease...

zen-of-linux - Thurrott.com

Google News - Wed, 05/27/2026 - 17:20
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Netplan: Configure Static IP Address and DNS on Ubuntu 26.04

Tecmint - Wed, 05/27/2026 - 17:01
The post Netplan: Configure Static IP Address and DNS on Ubuntu 26.04 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Netplan is the default network configuration tool on Ubuntu since 18.04, replacing the older ifupdown system with a cleaner YAML-based

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