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Linux 6.8 Will Let You Know When x86 32-bit Support Is Disabled

Phoronix - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 22:13
Linux 6.7 introduced the "ia32_emulation=" boot option for enabling/disabling support for x86 32-bit programs and the ability to execute 32-bit system calls. This is part of the effort of some Linux distributions working to restrict x86 32-bit user-space support where not needed in order to reduce the software attack surface while still having a boot-time option for those wanting to enable 32-bit support or to otherwise disable it if your kernel build keeps it enabled...

Red Hat Developing AI Tool "Log Detective" To Help Developers

Phoronix - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 19:47
Jiri Kyjovsky of Red Hat has shared news today of Log Detective, a new tool being developed that will leverage an AI model to help in analyzing build failures for RPM packages...

Mesa Eyes Pulling libdrm Into Its Codebase

Phoronix - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 19:29
Longtime AMD Mesa driver developer Marek Olšák has laid out a proposal to integrate the libdrm code within Mesa rather than being maintained as its own separate project...

DRM Driver Changes Already Begin Queuing For Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 19:18
While the Linux v6.8 kernel merge window isn't even over yet and that kernel not debuting until March, a few days ago the first drm-misc-next pull request was submitted to DRM-Next to begin queuing the open-source graphics/display driver changes that will ultimately be targeting the Linux 6.9 kernel...

How to Backup and Restore VMs in Proxmox

Tecmint - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 13:05
The post How to Backup and Restore VMs in Proxmox first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

This is our fourth guide of the Proxmox series, in this tutorial, we will explore how to backup and restore VMs in Promox. As a

The post How to Backup and Restore VMs in Proxmox first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Wine 9.0 Released With Initial Wayland Driver, WoW64 Taking Shape & Better Direct3D

Phoronix - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 05:43
Wine 9.0 has debuted today for this annual stable release of Wine to allow Windows applications and games to run on Windows, Chrome OS, macOS, and other platforms. With Wine 9.0 it's the culmination of all the bi-weekly wine 8.x(x) development releases over the past year to greatly enhance the Windows app support on Linux and other targets...

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