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Rust Coreutils 0.7 Released With Many Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Mon, 03/09/2026 - 12:00
Rust Coreutils 0.7 released on Sunday as a performance-focused update to this popular alternative to GNU Coreutils that is still striving for 100% compatibility against the GNU Test Suite...

Linux 7.0-rc3 Released: "Some Of The Biggest In Recent History"

Phoronix - Mon, 03/09/2026 - 08:27
Linux 7.0-rc3 is out as the latest weekly test candidate in leading up to the stable Linux 7.0 release in mid-April...

CachyOS Handheld Edition Switches To Wayland, CachyOS Installer Drops Bcachefs

Phoronix - Mon, 03/09/2026 - 01:20
The March 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux powered CachyOS distribution is now available for new installations and upgrading from existing CachyOS installs...

FFmpeg 8.1 Preparing For Release With Vulkan Improvements, JPEG-XS & More

Phoronix - Sun, 03/08/2026 - 20:42
FFmpeg developers are preparing to soon release FFmpeg 8.1 with some great new features and other improvements...

Experimental Intel Nova Lake P Device Bits Merged For Mesa 26.1

Phoronix - Sun, 03/08/2026 - 19:53
Merged this week for Mesa 26.1 are the initial Nova Lake P "NVL-P" device bits for Intel's ANV Vulkan and Iris Gallium3D drivers. But this support isn't yet exposed by default and not yet ready for end-users with more driver changes still to be published...

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