📰 GNU Gawk 5.4 Released With New MinRX Regex Matcher, Faster Reading Of Files

Developers behind the widely-used GNU Awk text processing utility today released Gawk 5.4...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Gawk-5.4-Released

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📰 GNU Octave 11 Open-Source Scientific Programming Language Officially Released

GNU Octave 11 open-source high-level language intended for numerical computations, is now available for download with new features and improvements. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnu-octave-11-open-source-scientific-programming-language-officially-released

#opensource #gnu

📰 BunsenLabs Carbon Is Here with Support for Wayland Sessions, Based on Debian 13

BunsenLabs Carbon Linux distribution is now available for download with support for Wayland session, based on Debian GNU/Linux 13 "Trixie". Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/bunsenlabs-carbon-is-here-with-support-for-wayland-sessions-based-on-debian-13

#linux #debian #gnu #wayland

📰 GNU Hurd Finally Runs on x86_64 With New 64-Bit Port

GNU Hurd now supports x86_64 through GNU Guix, marking its first official move beyond 32-bit architecture after decades of development.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnu-hurd-finally-runs-on-x86-64-with-new-64-bit-port/

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📰 Calamares Linux Graphical Installer Now Supports KDE’s Plasma Login Manager

Calamares 3.4.2 open-source universal graphical installer for GNU/Linux distributions is now available for download with support for Plasma Login Manager. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/calamares-linux-graphical-installer-now-supports-kdes-plasma-login-manager

#plasma #gnu #kde #linux #opensource

📰 GNU C Library Lands x86_64 FMA'ed cosh For A ~35% Improvement

A bit of time has passed since having any exciting performance improvements to report on within the GNU C Library "glibc" but that changed today with another nice x86_64 optimization for modern CPUs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-Faster-cosh-x86-64-FMA

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📰 Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.01 Is Out with More Accessibility Improvements

Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.01 distribution is now available for download based on the Debian GNU/Linux 13.4 “Trixie” operating system. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/emmabuntus-debian-edition-6-1-01-is-out-with-more-accessibility-improvements

#debian #linux #gnu

📰 Claude AI finds Vim, Emacs RCE bugs that trigger on file open

Vulnerabilities in the Vim and GNU Emacs text editors, discovered using simple prompts with the Claude assistant, allow remote code execution simply by opening a file.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/claude-ai-finds-vim-emacs-rce-bugs-that-trigger-on-file-open/

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📰 Netrunner 26 Released with XLibre Xserver, Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

Netrunner 26 GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download based on Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.3.6 desktop environment with Linux kenrel 6.16.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/netrunner-26-released-with-xlibre-xserver-based-on-debian-13-trixie

#kde #linux #gnu #debian #plasma

📰 Gentoo Releases Experimental Images Using GNU/Hurd

Following an April Fools' Day tease of Gentoo claiming they were going to switch to GNU Hurd as their primary kernel moving forward, they have now acknowledged the joke but in fact also announcing there are now experimental Gentoo GNU/Hurd images available...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-GNU-Hurd-Experimental

#gnu #kernel

📰 Rust Coreutils 0.8 Brings Significant Performance Gains

Rust Coreutils 0.8 was released today as the newest major release to this alternative to GNU Coreutils...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.8-Released

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📰 GNU nano 9.0 CLI Text Editor Released with New Features and Improvements

GNU nano 9.0 command line text editor for Unix-like systems is now available for download as a major update introducing new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnu-nano-9-0-cli-text-editor-released-with-new-features-and-improvements

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📰 Lilbits: Vertical tabs for Chrome, Mac OS 10 for the Nintendo Wii, and a CyberDeck Pi

The CyberDeck Pi is a DIY handheld computer that looks like something designed for a world where smartphones never existed. It’s a chunky device that probably won’t fit in your pocket. But it’s also a full-fledged computer that can run desktop GNU/Linux software thanks to its Raspberry Pi brains. And it’s made using a combination .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-vertical-tabs-for-chrome-mac-os-10-for-the-nintendo-wii-and-a-cyberdeck-pi/

#gnu #raspberry #linux

📰 Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS Released with GNU Linux-Libre 6.8 Kernel, MATE 1.26

Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS distribution is now available for download with GNU Linux-libre 6.8 kernel, MATE 1.26 desktop environment, updated packages, and various improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/trisquel-gnu-linux-12-0-lts-released-with-gnu-linux-libre-6-8-kernel-mate-1-26

#gnu #kernel #linux

📰 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

#amd #gnu #opensource

📰 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

#debian #distro #gnu #kernel #linux

📰 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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