📰 Glibc Lands A Big Optimization For LoongArch CPUs

Loongson's LoongArch processors are running decent in our recent Loongson 3B6000 benchmarks but even better performance is on the way with the next GNU C Library "glibc" release...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-LoongArch-glibc-THP

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📰 GNU Coreutils 9.11 Brings New Performance Improvements: Up To 15x Faster cat

It's not only the uutil's Rust Coreutils project seeing performance improvements but some increased healthy competition now from GNU Coreutils. With today's release of GNU Coreutils 9.11 the wc command is up to multiple times faster and even cat can be up to 15 times faster...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.11

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📰 GCC 16.1 Released With AMD Zen 6 Support, Algol 68 & Many C/C++ Improvements

GCC 16.1 is now available as the first stable release of GCC 16 as this year's major open-source GNU compiler feature release...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16.1-Released

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📰 Grml 2026.04 Linux Distro Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.19, Based on Debian 14 Forky

Grml 2026.04 GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download based on Debian Testing/Forky and powered by Linux kernel 6.19. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/grml-2026-04-linux-distro-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-19-based-on-debian-14-forky

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📰 New GCC Back-End Proposed For WebAssembly

When it comes to compiling C/C++ code to WebAssembly (WASM), LLVM/Clang and other LLVM-based tooling has dominated the space. Nearly a decade ago was a proposal for a GCC WebAssembly back-end that ultimately never ended up being merged while now there is a new proposal for a WebAssembly back-end for the GNU toolchain...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-WASM-WebAssembly

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📰 Nitrux 6.1 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 7.0

Nitrux 6.1 immutable, systemd-free GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.0, Hyprland 0.55.1, Maui Apps 4.0.3, Calamares 3.4.2 installer, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-6-1-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0

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📰 Rust Coreutils 0.9 Released With Additional Security Hardening, Zero-Copy I/O

Rust Coreutils 0.9 was tagged today as the latest major update to this GNU Coreutils implementation in the Rust programming language. Rust Coreutils 0.9 is up to a 90.4% pass rate against the GNU test suite!...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.9

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📰 Some Elements Of Intel APX Not Proving Beneficial On Nova Lake / Diamond Rapids

Some compiler tuning merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is disabling some features of Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) for upcoming Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids processors as they are not proving worthwhile for performance...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-APX-GCC-Disabling-Bits

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📰 Microsoft brings Coreutils to Windows – natively

Microsoft has released Coreutils for Windows, allowing a stack of familiar “Linux-like” command-line utilities to run natively on Windows. The project is based on uutils, the Rust-based reimplementation of GNU coreutils that Ubuntu (mostly) has adopted in recent releases. Microsoft’s package bundles uutils’ coreutils and findutils as well as a GNU-compatible grep in a single binary. It offers tools like cat, cp, ls, mv and uptime.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/microsoft-release-windows-coreutils

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📰 GNU Nano 9.1 Command-Line Text Editor Drops Old Mac File Format Support

GNU nano 9.1 removes old Mac line-ending support, fixes backup handling, and improves search viewport behavior.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnu-nano-9-1-command-line-text-editor-drops-old-mac-file-format-support/

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