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GCC 16 Compiler Aiming For Mid-April Release Candidate But "Slow" Progress On Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 03/09/2026 - 18:28
Richard Biener of SUSE published a new status report on the state of GCC 16 development. Regression fixing has been going slow but they are hoping to publish a release candidate by mid-April...

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...

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