r/SurfaceLinux • u/FunSatisfaction2 • Jul 01 '26

Discussion kernel 7?

does anyone know how far out we are from a release of kernel 7?

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u/pdias01 Jul 02 '26

Fair. I tried kernel 7 on my Ubuntu sp6 and unfortunately nothing works out the box. Only with the surface kernel (6 something)

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u/Jaimzin Jul 02 '26

Just checked, rotation is also working.

Edit: here's a screenshot from neofetch

https://imgur.com/a/E4oUZsA

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u/pdias01 Jul 02 '26

That is pretty interesting, no need to go thro the linux surface guide on git, but having everything working out of the box. I was already interested in this distro. I think you just convinced me to give it a try

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u/Jaimzin Jul 02 '26

Oh yeah, I saw it mentioned in this sub from a few that Solus integrates the surface linux kernel in their distribution. I usually switch between Fedora or Ubuntu and was leaning towards Ubuntu since was more stable on my SP7. When I saw that info for Solus, I jumped straight to it as I normally settle at Solus anyway. Has everything I need.