GCC 8.3 Released and GCC 9 Plans

• GCC 8.3 Released

  The GNU Compiler Collection version 8.3 has been released. GCC 8.3 is a bug-fix release from the GCC 8 branch containing important fixes for regressions and serious bugs in GCC 8.2 with more than 153 bugs fixed since the previous release. This release is available from the FTP servers listed at: http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html Please do not contact me directly regarding questions or comments about this release. Instead, use the resources available from http://gcc.gnu.org. As always, a vast number of people contributed to this GCC release -- far too many to thank them individually!

• GCC 8.3 Released With 153 Bug Fixes

  While the GCC 9 stable compiler release is a few weeks away in the form of GCC 9.1, the GNU Compiler Collection is up to version 8.3.0 today as their newest point release to last year's GCC 8 series.

• GCC 9 Compiler Picks Up Official Support For The Arm Neoverse N1 + E1

  Earlier this week Arm announced their next-generation Neoverse N1 and E1 platforms with big performance potential and power efficiency improvements over current generation Cortex-A72 processor cores. The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) ahead of the upcoming GCC9 release has picked up support for the Neoverse N1/E1. This newly-added Neoverse N1 and E1 CPU support for GCC9 isn't all that surprising even with the very short time since announcement and GCC9 being nearly out the door... Arm developers had already been working on (and landed) the Arm "Ares" CPU support, which is the codename for what is now the Neoverse platform.

Android Leftovers

• Android Enterprise Recommended adds MSPs as Google Cloud plans to acquire Alooma

• Google Contacts for Android updated with Material Theme account switcher

• Google shutting down Google Fit on the web, focussing on Android and Wear OS

• Fake Google reCAPTCHA used to hide Android banking malware

• New and updated apps in Google Play will need to support Android 9 Pie by the end of 2019

• Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ stable Android Pie update now rolling in Northern Europe

• Sony Xperia XA2, XA2 Ultra get Android Pie, but the update is bricking some units

• Redmi Note 6 Pro, Redmi Note 5 Pro, Redmi Y2 Android Pie-based MIUI 10 beta update is coming on March 19th

• Android Pie-based MIUI 10 beta update coming soon for these Xiaomi smartphones

• Xiaomi Mi Max 3 and Mi 8 Lite stable Android Pie update is now rolling out

• Xiaomi Mi 9 goes official with Snapdragon 855 and 48MP camera for just $445

• Android 9 Pie is rolling out to the Nokia 2.1 budget smartphone

• [Update: New renders and rumors] Nokia 9 PureView and another device might be announced at MWC

• DxOMark: Galaxy S10 Plus is the best overall smartphone shooter

• What are Android Go apps?

• Nike's $350 self-lacing sneaker is having an Android problem

5 Linux GUI Cloud Backup Tools

We have reached a point in time where most every computer user depends upon the cloud … even if only as a storage solution. What makes the cloud really important to users, is when it’s employed as a backup. Why is that such a game changer? By backing up to the cloud, you have access to those files, from any computer you have associated with your cloud account. And because Linux powers the cloud, many services offer Linux tools. Let’s take a look at five such tools. I will focus on GUI tools, because they offer a much lower barrier to entry to many of the CLI tools. I’ll also be focusing on various, consumer-grade cloud services (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox, Wasabi, and pCloud). And, I will be demonstrating on the Elementary OS platform, but all of the tools listed will function on most Linux desktop distributions.