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Rust is showing up in a mix of developer and systems-focused stories, from an SVM implementation built from scratch in Rust to ongoing adoption in Linux kernel support for IBM s390 mainframes. There’s also attention on Rust rewrites and performance-oriented language comparisons in embedded firmware.

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Key Takeaway Rust is continuing to expand into serious systems work, with new kernel support, rewrites, and embedded-use comparisons all pointing to growing adoption.
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Rust is continuing to expand into serious systems work, with new kernel support, rewrites, and embedded-use comparisons all pointing to growing adoption.

Rust is showing up in a mix of developer and systems-focused stories, from an SVM implementation built from scratch in Rust to ongoing adoption in Linux kernel support for IBM s390 mainframes. There’s also attention on Rust rewrites and performance-oriented language comparisons in embedded firmware.

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  • ● Kernel support — IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel Support Phoronix

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IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel Support

Broader Rust coverage

Other Rust activity — not part of the “Rust is continuing to expand into serious systems work” story
CNX Software · 9d ago
Study compares Rust and C languages for embedded firmware development
The Register · 1d ago
Rust stalks IBM mainframes, but only in nightly form

Briefing Findings · Rust is continuing to expand into serious systems work

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IBM s390 support Rust Linux kernel support is arriving for IBM s390
Kernel maturity Rust support is still described as nightly form
Bun rewrite Bun's Rust rewrite has been merged
Embedded comparison Rust and C are being compared for embedded firmware development

What to Watch

  • Track future Linux kernel releases for when IBM s390 Rust support moves beyond nightly status. Phoronix
  • Watch Bun release notes and changelogs for the impact of the merged Rust rewrite. Lobsters
  • Follow embedded firmware benchmarks and study results for more Rust-vs-C comparisons. CNX Software

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  • IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel Support Phoronix
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CNX Software · 1 article
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Broader Rust coverage · not part of the Rust is continuing to expand into serious systems work story
The Register · 1 article

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IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel Support

IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel Support Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 12 May 2026 at 12:55 PM EDT. 7 Comments An IBM engineer posted the first set of patches e

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NVIDIA Releases CUDA-Oxide 0.1 For Experimental Rust-To-CUDA Compiler

A new NVIDIA Labs project is greatly improving the capabilities of using the Rust programming language for developing CUDA kernels for NVIDIA GPUs.

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Rust-Written Redox OS Sees Improvements For Running On Real Hardware

Redox OS is out with its status report for April 2026

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Brush v0.4 Released As "Significant" Release For This Rust-Based Shell

Brush v0.4 debuted today for this 'Bourne Rusty Shell' as a Bash/POSIX-compatible shell written in the Rust programming language.

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Show HN: Superkube - Rewriting Kubernetes in Rust

I have embarked on a journey of rewriting Kubernetes into a single binary in Rust, with everything embedded.Architecturally, instead of etcd, it has options to use SQLite or PostgreSQL as a backend. I am trying to make i…

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