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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 #gnu

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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 #gnu

📰 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 #gnu

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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 #gnu

📰 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 #gnu

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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/ #gnu