#linux-kernel

#linux-kernel

Clement "Clem" Lefebvre and the rest of the Linux Mint team have done it again. With the release of , also known as Zara, users get a distribution that's easy to use and packed with helpful improvements to make the daily desktop experience better than ever. As a long-time Linux Mint fan, I'm delighted with this latest release. As in the last version, Linux Mint 22.1, codenamed Xia, the release is based on the Ubuntu 24.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Linux distro.

According to the developer, the commit numbers and diffstat are entirely in line with expectations. The cycle has also proceeded without surprises so far. Nevertheless, there are a few notable changes, according to Neowin, including a correction for the Intel idpf network driver and improvements in the handling of system registers within arm64 KVM. Torvalds (photo) emphasizes that most of the code changes are minor, often no more than a few lines.

It's not the first time Torvalds has suggested dropping support for 32-bit processors and relieving kernel developers from implementing archaic emulation and work-around solutions.