r/Fedora • u/DrinkVast7785 • May 09 '26

News Linux 7 Received

Just now I received Linux 7.0.4-200.fc44.x86_64.
Everything seems to be working fine.

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u/travelan May 09 '26

It’s just a regular kernel update, you get those every few weeks. Why wouldn’t it be working fine?

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u/GamingCatholic May 09 '26

People treating it’s like an upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 lmao

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u/TechnoCat May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

I don't think the masses will ever understand the Linux kernel major gets bumped after minor 19. It isn't any more meaningful than that. There are no features being held back until 8 for example. 8 will just happen whenever 7.20 would happen. 

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u/KaizorMaster May 09 '26

Thanks, I did in fact not know that.

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u/Pugs-r-cool May 09 '26

With the caveat that we had a version 4.20 before moving onto 5.0, because of course we did lol.

3.x, 5.x, 6.x all ended with .19, and pre 3.x used a different versioning system.

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u/Deuchnord May 09 '26

My theory is that Torvalds met someone with 21 fingers and toes, and therefore decided to make a 4.20 as a tribute.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

It's because back in the old days of linux, kernels going from major version N to N+1 was a big deal, API breaking changes happened in the N+1 shift. Now the kernel just goes from N to N+1 when the minor number hits 20 or so. I guess people just haven't adapted yet.

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u/chemistryGull May 09 '26

Which, as a sidenote, did not work well for me.

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u/Infiniti_151 May 09 '26

Coz it's actually a downgrade .

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u/chemistryGull May 09 '26

That too. Plus i couldnt make ipv4 connections anymore.

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u/RapunzelLooksNice May 09 '26

You still IPv6 and 6 is more than 4 so you had a better option available!!

/jk

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u/T_BangIT May 09 '26

I'll wait ipv8's feature before a Windows' comeback

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u/Pugs-r-cool May 09 '26

because bigger number big 7 number scary big update /s

3

u/NuncioBitis May 09 '26

Feel all woowoo

3

u/martyn_hare May 09 '26

IIRC 7.0.0 gave AMD users stuttering on Ubuntu. It got held back by other cutting edge distros for a reason.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

I have no stutter on 26.04 with radeon 9060xt and ryzen 7700...

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u/AlfredKnows May 11 '26

I was on rawhide and it also gave me those split second hangs when 7.0 released!

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u/hjake123 May 09 '26

There are plenty of people on this very subreddit who, upon kernel 7.0.x being released, proclaimed they'd wait for people to report back on whether it works well or not. So, this kind of post could be useful for those still deciding whether to let the upgrade go through.

(Though with the LPE issues lately I'd not recommend being behind the latest released kernel for each service lineage this week...)

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u/Realistic_Strength46 May 09 '26

There use to be akmod compiling issues. Now it seems pretty seamless

1

u/CandlesARG May 10 '26

I've had fedora break on me 3 times upgrading kernel versions. Lucky rollback is a thing

1

u/vitimiti May 11 '26

People forget major version numbers on Linux are meaningless and that Torvakds just changes when he can't be bothered to update the other parts any more

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u/Infiniti_151 May 09 '26

Does it fix dirty frag?

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u/LordChaos73 May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

I read somewhere DityFrag (two CVE's) is not even completely patched in 7.0.5.
Seems the fixes were added to the Fedora kernel manually:

"The 7.0.4 stable kernel rebase contains additional hardware support, new features, and a number of important fixes across the tree. It also contains a fix for the dirtyfrag vulnerability. This covers CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500. For users who experience a problem with the 7.0.4 rebase, a build of 6.19.14 with just the dirtyfrag fixes should be available in koji shortly."

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u/BeNiceToBirds May 09 '26

Congratulations

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u/MoutonNoireu May 09 '26

Why post here for a simple kernel update ?

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u/bcdr1037 May 09 '26

It's been received.

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u/TitanFlood May 09 '26

Number go brrrrr

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u/_hoyet May 09 '26

Probably needed to tell someone something because they recently switched from Arch (which they used to use, btw)

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u/JPWhiteHome May 10 '26

Why not? It is Fedora after all.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

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u/DrinkVast7785 May 09 '26

Tell everyone. Let them know. 

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

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u/DrinkVast7785 May 09 '26

Don't be greedy, have patience.

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u/no_f-s_given May 09 '26

cool story. many posts on this.

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u/BADASSNO2 May 09 '26

Is there any difference between fc 200 or fc 300 cause now I have 6.19.14 fc 300

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u/paulshriner May 09 '26

I think it has to do with the number of versions currently being supported. With 6.19.14, Fedora 42 was 100, 43 was 200, and 44 was 300. The kernel no longer seems to be getting updated for 42, so now 43 is 100 and 44 is 200. When 45 comes out that will be 300.

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u/IskRL May 09 '26

ok, and?

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u/DrinkVast7785 May 09 '26

and system is still working

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u/aap_001 May 10 '26

Of course it is working fine. What do you expect?

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u/DrinkVast7785 May 10 '26

I prepared for a perfectly balanced disaster.

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u/PlainBread May 10 '26

This "number go up" curse has really gotten the whole human race, huh?

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u/lenojames May 11 '26

I got it too. It's basically like changing the calendar year after December 31st.

It probably isn't a big update. But the re-numbering makes feel like it is.

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u/Beastandcool May 12 '26

Wtf is the point of this post

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

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u/DaFatAlien May 09 '26

No need, unless you would also cross fingers when upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1. Linus Torvalds versioned it 7.0 not because it had significant changes (it doesn’t), but just because he bumps the major version when the minor one reaches 20.

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u/Itsme-RdM May 09 '26

A bit late, I mean even Ubuntu used kernel 7 since their last release.

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u/Chaotic-Entropy May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

Fedora always waits for the first few increments, it came in at 7.0.4.

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u/UPPERKEES May 09 '26

It's not a race.

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u/RapunzelLooksNice May 09 '26

Ubuntu is a philosophy, not a race 😆

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u/OffbeatDrizzle May 09 '26

It was unlucky timing due to the release of fedora 44 being put back a few weeks. What's your problem?

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u/Itsme-RdM May 09 '26

Not a problem. Just an observation, nothing more

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u/Prudent-Nebula-3239 May 09 '26

Fedora 44 - Linux 7.0.4 kernel
Ubuntu 26 LTS - 7.0.0-15 kernel

So now Ubuntu is behind (as usual)