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Canonical on Arm64, RISC-V, and Ubuntu Summit
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Ubuntu ☛ Canonical announces live kernel patching for Arm64
For the first time, Ubuntu on an Arm64 machine can apply critical kernel updates, without service interruption or rebooting. Starting with Ubuntu Core 26 for Arm64, and for Ubuntu Core 20 and onwards for AMD64 machines, a wider range of devices and cloud virtual machines can achieve timely vulnerability remediation through Canonical Livepatch. This enhancement will strengthen the security of systems that aren’t security maintained daily or weekly, and provides an operational advantage for organizations working towards Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) compliance.
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Ubuntu ☛ How to use RISC-V custom instructions with Ubuntu
Introduction My previous blog talked about the importance of instruction set standardization for ecosystem stability and growth through the use of profiles. And standardization is indeed important, but since one of RISC-V’s great benefits is the ability to customize the instruction set, we should also consider how to support that ability.
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Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu Summit 26.04: connected by open source
This year, the remote community truly took the spotlight. The Ubuntu Discourse connected the wider community with the speakers, whilst the livestream brought thousands of eyeballs to both days.