#gnu
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GNU Core Utilities 9.12 Released
Pádraig Brady has unveiled a new version of the GNU coreutils base utility suite, with useful additions and a fix for a bug that had lived in the code “from the very beginning.”
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GNU Emacs 31.1 Released: Mouse by Default and a Theme for Newcomers
The legendary GNU Emacs text editor has received its 31.1 update, bringing out-of-the-box mouse support in the terminal and a dedicated theme for first-time users.
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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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GNU Binutils 2.47: New RISC-V Extensions and Linker Options
GNU Binutils 2.47 has been released — the core set of binary utilities for systems built with the GNU toolchain. The update brings support for the latest RISC-V extensions, new assembler and linker options, and a faster linking mode.
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GNU C Library 2.44 Released: the /etc/tunables.conf File and New Optimizations
The GNU developers have unveiled glibc 2.44, a new feature release of a key library for Linux and other platforms. Among the novelties are a system-wide parameter configuration file and faster math functions.
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Hacker Satire in the Form of a man Page
A satirical cyberpunk novella styled as a man page — even available in GNU Info format — has appeared online. You can read it right in your terminal.
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Four vulnerabilities found in GNU Guix, including remote privilege escalation
The GNU Guix project has reported three vulnerabilities in the guix substitute utility and one more affecting the guix pull and guix time-machine commands. Users are advised to update guix and guix-daemon immediately.