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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.

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