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0.9.0 release notes

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(The following image needs to be uploaded, like the previous release it should show the Jeremy computers running the current Redox version)
<a href="/img/release/0.9.0.jpg"><img class="img-responsive" src="/img/release/0.9.0.jpg"/></a>
![Computers running the 0.9.0 version](/static/img/release/computers-0.9.0.png)
![Orbital in the 0.9.0 version](/static/img/screenshot/orbital-0.9.0.png)
## Overview
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Beyond the toolchain updates, we also updated important cross-platform libraries used by most programs and some important programs.
## Rust-first programs!
## Rust-first Program Porting!
We focus on Rust programs as they are more easy to port, Ribbon quickly ported hundreds of emerging Rust programs in 2023.
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Currently there are 1,646 work-in-progress software ports, we need to write cross-compilation scripts and port/update some libraries to make them work.
## Relibc Improvements
The Redox contributors improved relibc a lot, from new functions to important bug fixes.
This increased our software compatibility and fixed many programs, from Rust to C/C++
## Better ARM Support
uvnn cleaned and improved our ARM support a lot, we would like to thank his massive work in 2023.
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He wrote some VirtIO drivers and improved the VirtIO GPU 2D acceleration to speed up our QEMU performance.
You can read about his work on the following posts:
- [RSoC: virtio drivers - 1](https://www.redox-os.org/news/rsoc-virtio-1/)
- [RSoC: virtio drivers - 2](https://www.redox-os.org/news/rsoc-virtio-2/)
## Build System Improvements
We would like to thank Ron Williams, bjorn3, Jeremy and 4lDO2 for their massive improvements to our build system configuration and tooling.
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