--- title: Linux 7.1-rc7 Released: Stable Hopefully Next Sunday description: Linux 7.1-rc7 has been released, coming in heavier than typical for this stage of the release cycle, partly attributed to an uptick in patches from AI/LLM... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-1-rc7-released-stable-hopefully-next-sunday-ampjnppqq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux 7.1-rc7 Released: Stable Hopefully Next Sunday | daily.dev og:description: Linux 7.1-rc7 has been released, coming in heavier than typical for this stage of the release cycle, partly attributed to an uptick in patches from AI/LLM... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-1-rc7-released-stable-hopefully-next-sunday-ampjnppqq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/amPjnPPqQ.png og:image:alt: Linux 7.1-rc7 Released: Stable Hopefully Next Sunday og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux 7.1-rc7 Released: Stable Hopefully Next Sunday **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux 7.1-rc7 has been released, coming in heavier than typical for this stage of the release cycle, partly attributed to an uptick in patches from AI/LLM coding agents. However, the release candidate count is shrinking, and Linus Torvalds expressed comfort in targeting a stable Linux 7.1 release for June 14. Notable changes in rc7 include GPU and networking fixes, architecture fixes (mostly KVM-related), driver fixes, filesystem work, and the disabling of an AMD DRM ioctl for ROCm CRIU due to security concerns, along with added detection for more AMD Zen 6 CPU models. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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