#gcc
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First Slackware 16 Alpha Released with Updated GNU Toolchain
Patrick Volkerding has unveiled Slackware 16 Alpha 1 — the first preview release of a new generation of the distribution, rebuilt on GCC 16.2, glibc 2.44 and Binutils 2.47.
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Amazon Linux 2027: a preview with Linux kernel 7.1, LTO and a bet on x86-64-v3
AWS has opened a public preview of Amazon Linux 2027 — a major update to its cloud distribution featuring a new kernel, fresh compilers and a host of performance optimizations.
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Linux From Scratch 13.1: Your Own System from Source, Now with Kernel 7.1.8
The Linux From Scratch project has released version 13.1 — an updated guide to building your own Linux distribution from scratch, with a new toolchain and dozens of updated packages.
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GCC Will Reject Any Legally Significant AI-Generated Contribution — Except Tests
The GCC steering committee has approved a policy barring “legally significant” code generated by language models from the compiler. The only exception is for test cases.
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gccrs learns to build the Linux kernel: results of the first half of 2026
The gccrs project, which is developing a Rust frontend for GCC, spent the first half of 2026 working on compiling the Linux kernel — and made notable progress toward generating correct code.
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Author Points Out That GCC and Clang Don't Conform to the C++ Standard
A new publication argues that neither GCC nor Clang implements the C++ standard in full accordance with its requirements. The piece presents the author's observations on the discrepancies between the language specification and the behavior of popular compilers.