You Can Use Linux 7.0 On These 7 Distros Today - Here's What To Expect
ZDNet, Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
The latest Linux kernel boasts full Rust support and a greatly improved scheduler to speed up your work and your games.
ZDNET's key takeaways
- The new kernel's number ends in zero, but it's not a milestone release.
- Linux 7.0 boasts improvements in Rust, its scheduler - and it's further embracing AI.-
- More than half a dozen distros will let you try out Linux 7.0 now.
Once upon a time -- in 2015, to be precise -- Linux creator Linus Torvalds grew sick and tired of long, confusing Linux kernel version numbers. Since he was "close to running out of fingers and toes," he'd decided that instead of 3.20, he'd use 4.0 for the next release.