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Hygon C86-4G CPU Support Added To The GCC 17 Compiler

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 21:14
Merged today to the GCC Git compiler codebase, which will be for GCC 17 rather than the imminent GCC 16.1 stable release, is adding support for the Chinese-manufactured Hygon C86-4G-M4 / C86-4G-M6 / C86-4G-M7 series x86_64 processors...

How to Avoid Retyping Long Commands in Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 18:46
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Ctrl+R and fc let you find, recall, and edit any command from your bash history in seconds, and here’s how

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Libcamera 0.7.1 Released With Improved Software ISP

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 18:30
Libcamera 0.7.1 released on Tuesday as the newest feature release for this open-source library for camera image signal processors (ISPs) that has grown of importance for the likes of Raspberry Pi and Chrome OS and modern desktop Linux distributions with modern laptop hardware like recent Intel Core (Ultra) laptops...

Wayland Developers Target June For Weston 16 Release

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 18:17
Weston 16.0 could ship by the end of June with good color management and HDR support along with other new features for this reference Wayland compositor...

Devuan Developer Working On Reviving GTK2 With Modern Fixes

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 18:05
A Devuan developer, the Linux distribution that provides a Debian-based operating system without dependence on systemd, is working on "gtk2-ng" for providing modern fixes and improvements to the old GTK2 toolkit...

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