Linux 7.1
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Linux kernel 7.1 released. Linus Torvalds traveling during merge window with potential latency.
Linux 7.1 was released on June 14, 2026, by Linus Torvalds from a different timezone while traveling. The merge window opens the following day, but Torvalds notes potential timing irregularities due to flights without internet. He pre-fetched early pull requests to enable offline work. The release contains mostly driver updates for GPU, networking, and sound, along with networking and tracing tooling fixes. The shortlog lists 200+ commits addressing security issues (heap overflows in USB serial drivers), memory leaks, race conditions, and various subsystem fixes across networking, storage, power management, and display drivers.
What commenters are saying
The thread dismisses 7.1 as routine maintenance. The dominant discussion pivots to Debian stable kernel timelines: commenters note current testing runs 7.0, stable has 6.12, and next release (Forky/2027) will adopt whichever LTS kernel ships end-2025. A user recommends building vanilla kernels locally in 30-45 minutes. Another counters that daily ccache builds reach 90 seconds with localmodconfig but dismisses the optimization as cherry-picking. Separately, commenters debate Ubuntu versus Debian, with sentiment favoring Debian's simplicity post-2010s UI parity.