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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon uses Linux 7.0

This year has seen a significant events as Canonical has released a new long-term support release of Ubuntu, which is Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon! Yesterday, this version of Ubuntu was made available to the general public, and it includes a significant amount of improvements, as well as new features.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is built on Linux 7.0, which is a significant milestone in the history of Ubuntu. This was done under Canonical’s promise of bringing the latest Linux version to Ubuntu versions at the time of the release.

You can consult the minimal changelogs of Linux 7.0 here.

Linux 7.0 in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS provides support for Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors (Panther Lake), which allows users who have this processor installed on their systems to experience the best of Ubuntu without any compatibility issues. This kernel introduces optimizations for the neural processing unit (NPU), which enables AI-enabled applications to provide maximum performance and improved efficiency.

Linux 7.0 in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS also provides support for IgH EtherCAT module, which enables support for a real-time networking protocol while enabling native OS support for microsecond-level timing precision for demanding workflows, such as robotics platforms.

For those who are investing in cloud-based solutions, such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS has been optimized for virtual machine images to enable maximum performance for the most demanding workflows in the cloud. This improves productivity while saving time in those tasks when run on the cloud.

To learn more about Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, consult the below announcement here.

Linux 7.0 is now officially live!

A new major version of Linux is now live as of April 13th, 2026! Linux 7.0 is the brand new major version of Linux, after 6.x, that provides you with improvements regarding lots of kernel portions.

According to Phoronix, Linux 7.0 provides the following changes when it comes to the CPU portion, including, but not limited to:

• Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) auto mode is now the default on Linux 7.0, as all known TSX security-related issues are now fixed.
• Turbostat for Linux 7.0 can now report L2 cache statistics.
• Performance events and metrics support for AMD Zen 6 processors.
• Intel NTB and performance events support for Xeon Diamond Rapids.
• Sound and Intel LPSS driver support for Nova Lake.
• New LoongArch CPU features have been added to Linux 7.0.
• User-space CFI support for RISC-V processors.
• Single-copy atomic LS64 and LS64V instructions for ARM64 processors.
• SPARC and Alpha CPU support improvements.

Additionally, the graphics portion of the kernel has seen improvements and additions, including:

• Graphics hardware support in the kernel for upcoming AMD graphics cards for day-1 support.
• Improvements made to SR-IOV and multi-device SVM for the Intel Xe graphics card drivers.
• Multi-queue support for the upcoming Intel Crescent Island AI inference accelerator for day-1 support.
• Intel Nova Lake graphics card driver support.
• More graphics card temperature sensors support has been added.
• Nouveau earns larger page support for better performance in NVK.
• AM62P support has been added for Imagination’s PowerVR graphics card drivers.
• Fixes and improvements for GCN 1.0 and 1.1 hardware.
• Various other improvements.

As for the file system, the following changes have been made:

• Autonomous self-healing capabilities for the XFS file system.
• Experimental remap-tree feature for the BTRFS file system.
• Concurrent drive I/O writers improvements for the EXT4 file system.
• Performance improvements made to the F2FS file system.
• Fixes for the NTFS3 file system.
• More upstream patches for the ecryptfs file system.
• Dynamic thread pool sizing for the NFS server.
• Power sequencing driver for PCIe M.2 connectors.
• Various other improvements.

Other miscellaneous changes have been made to the kernel to improve user experience and to improve performance of your device, such as more frequent usages of the “sheaves” to make the kernel faster, performance improvements to the memory management code and the CPU scheduler system, and performance enhancements up to 50-75% for file-backed large folios. Additionally, the UDP network performance improvement has been earned by inviting a function, and several NICs have been added to the supported devices list, including:

• Realtek RTL8127ATF 10G Fiber SFP
• Airoha AN8811HB 2.5 Gbps PHY
• Qualcomm QCC2072

Additionally, more hardware support has been added, including the Rock Band 4 PS4/PS5 guitar support, which adds support for the following devices in the Sony HID driver:

• PDP RiffMaster
• CRKD Gibson SG

Alongside the guitar support for Rock Band 4, there have been various laptop-related improvements made to the kernel, including the Apple USB Type-C PHY support and the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite PHY support.

As for Rust, the kernel’s Rust support is no longer considered as experimental, with Rust in the kernel being here to stay in the source code of the kernel, which means that more secure code is already on the way, with preparations for the Rust 1.95 programming language and the driver core improvements made there.

The official announcement has been made by Linus Torvalds in the kernel mailing list, which says:

The last week of the release continued the same "lots of small fixes" trend, but it all really does seem pretty benign, so I've tagged the final 7.0 and pushed it out.

I suspect it's a lot of AI tool use that will keep finding corner cases for us for a while, so this may be the "new normal" at least for a while. Only time will tell.

Anyway, this last week was a little bit of everything: networking (core and drivers), arch fixes, tooling and selftests, and various random fixes all over the place.

Let's keep testing, and obviously tomorrow the merge window for 7.1 opens. I already have four dozen pull requests pending - thank you to all the early people.

Linux v7.1 will be the second version from the v7.x series that will be released after today’s Linux 7.0, which will bring many improvements and additions to enhance your user experience.

Arch Linux and other distributions will be updated to utilize Linux 7.0, with rolling distros being updated first, then the subsequent distributions will utilize this version of Linux according to the distro’s release schedule. Meanwhile, keep checking for updates in your Linux distro (such as pacman -Syu as root in Arch Linux), or compile it from source.

To download Linux 7.0’s source code, click on the below buttons:

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Linux 7.0 Review: MAJOR Performance, GPU, CPU, and Networking Upgrades

#Linux #Linux70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s37rDlIemI

Linux 7.0 è stato confermato da Linus Torvalds: la nuova serie del kernel arriverà a metà aprile 2026, con il primo RC previsto per il 22 febbraio. #LinuxKernel #Linux70 #Torvalds #OpenSource #KernelDev

https://www.linuxeasy.org/linux-7-0-e-ufficiale-torvalds-conferma-la-nuova-serie-del-kernel-attesa-per-meta-aprile-2026/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Intel accelera sul fronte Linux con un investimento tecnico mirato: il supporto multi‑queue per le GPU nel driver Xe, previsto per Linux 7.0. #IntelXe #Linux70 #GPU #OpenSource #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/intel-investe-su-linux-7-0-e-introduce-il-supporto-multi-queue-per-le-gpu/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social