Merge branch 'toolchain-upgrade' into 'master'

"Toolchain Upgrade" post

See merge request !353

content/news/toolchain-upgrade-1.md

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+title = "Toolchain Upgrade"
+author = "Ribbon"
+date = "2023-09-12"
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+
+We are happy to announce that our [rustc](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust), [GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/) and [LLVM](https://llvm.org/) forks have been updated to a recent version.
+
+While rustc and LLVM had recent versions for a long time, GCC was at version 8.2.0 from 2018.
+
+As GCC is used to build all recipes (software ports) written in C and C++, many improvements will come to Redox programs!
+
+### Current Versions
+
+- rustc - [1.74.0-nightly](https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rust/-/tree/redox-2023-09-07?ref_type=heads)
+- GCC - [13.2.0](https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/gcc/-/tree/redox-13.2.0?ref_type=heads)
+- GNU Binutils - [2.41](https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/binutils-gdb/-/tree/redox-2.41?ref_type=heads)
+- LLVM - [17.0.0-rc4](https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/llvm-project/-/tree/redox-2023-09-07?ref_type=heads)
+
+### Developers
+
+If you are a developer/tester of Redox, we recommend that you download a new build system copy.
+
+You can do that by running the [bootstrap.sh](https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox/-/blob/master/bootstrap.sh?ref_type=heads) script again or running the commands from [this](https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch08-01-advanced-build.html#clone-the-repository) page.
+
+Pop OS and Ubuntu are the recommended Linux distributions for development and Podman for others, there's partial support for Arch Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX and openSUSE, but you could have problems.
+
+If you have problems with other distributions, use the Podman [method](https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch02-06-podman-build.html).
+
+### Known Issues
+
+- NetSurf compilation is not working with non-Debian distributions.
+
+To fix this you need to remove the NetSurf recipe from your build configuration file (config/$ARCH/your-config.toml) or read [this](https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch09-05-developer-faq.html#i-tried-all-methods-of-the-troubleshooting-the-build-page-and-my-recipe-doesnt-build-what-can-i-do) section.
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