On April 23, 2026, the Kylin Team officially released Ubuntu Kylin 26.04, which will be supported for 3 years. Based on the Linux 7.0 kernel, Ubuntu Kylin 26.04 brings major upgrades to core libraries, subsystems, and essential software, improving overall stability and compatibility. The desktop environment has also been upgraded to UKUI 4.20, delivering a smoother and more reliable user experience! New features: Ubuntu Kylin 26.04 includes Linux kernel 7.0 with a series of enhancements: Rust language support is no longer marked as experimental; improved support for Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) processors; optimized support for Intel Xe3 integrated graphics and integrated NPU; cgroupfs now mounts with nsdelegate, memory_recursiveprot, and memory_hugetlb_accounting enabled; integrated the IgH EtherCAT Master module and Generic driver; the real-time Linux kernel is now available in the main archive for all users; Kernel Livepatch now supports the ARM64 architecture; ZFS has been updated to 2.4.1.
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