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+layout: post
+title:  "GNU Octave 7.1.0 Released"
+date:   2022-04-06
+categories: news release
+---
+
+GNU Octave version 7.1.0 has been released and is now available for
+[download][1].  An official [Windows binary installer][2] is available.
+For [macOS][3] see the installation instructions in the wiki.
+
+This major release improves the graphics backend, compatibility with
+Matlab and contains many new and improved functions.  A list of important
+user-visible changes is available by selecting the [Release Notes][4] item
+in the News menu of the GUI or by typing `news` at the Octave command prompt.
+
+Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release!
+
+[1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }}
+[2]: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/
+[3]: {{ site.wiki_url }}/Octave_for_macOS
+[4]: {{ "NEWS-7.html" | absolute_url }}