--- title: Linux Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting... description: Linux Mint's July 2026 status update brings two notable improvements: updated HWE ISOs now ship with the Linux 7.0 kernel for better hardware support, and the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-improves-kernel-management-setting-system-wide-environment-variables-brabw9imv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting System-Wide Environment Variables | daily.dev og:description: Linux Mint's July 2026 status update brings two notable improvements: updated HWE ISOs now ship with the Linux 7.0 kernel for better hardware support, and the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-improves-kernel-management-setting-system-wide-environment-variables-brabw9imv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/brABW9IMv.png og:image:alt: Linux Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting System-Wide Environment Variables 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 Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting System-Wide Environment Variables **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux Mint's July 2026 status update brings two notable improvements: updated HWE ISOs now ship with the Linux 7.0 kernel for better hardware support, and the System Administration tool gains two new features — a GUI page for managing system-wide environment variables, and kernel management capabilities (previously in the Update Manager) including removing old kernels and viewing cleanup history. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What kernel does the latest Linux Mint 22.3 HWE ISO ship with? Linux Mint 22.3 HWE ISOs now include the Linux 7.0 kernel. These updated images are part of Linux Mint's ongoing effort to publish hardware enablement ISOs with newer kernels to improve hardware support for users who need it without upgrading their entire distribution. _Linux Mint kernel and release news lands on daily.dev as it happens, useful when planning hardware upgrades._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linux Mint 22.3 HWE released with Linux kernel 7.0](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-22-3-hwe-released-with-linux-kernel-7-0-lgll8imkd) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux Mint 22.3 is Adding New System Hardware Tool](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-22-3-is-adding-new-system-hardware-tool-lhgnsqyc9) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-improves-kernel-management-setting-system-wide-environment-variables-brabw9imv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Linux Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting System-Wide Environment Variables","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-improves-kernel-management-setting-system-wide-environment-variables-brabw9imv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-improves-kernel-management-setting-system-wide-environment-variables-brabw9imv"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T13:06:57.513Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T11:07:16.530Z","description":"Linux Mint's July 2026 status update brings two notable improvements: updated HWE ISOs now ship with the Linux 7.0 kernel for better hardware support, and the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9d2a8055b46d8b0621a9bdce68d0d723?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9d2a8055b46d8b0621a9bdce68d0d723?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Phoronix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Phoronix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6a26ba379dd64932830aa0c9803dd7ee","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-improves-kernel-management-setting-system-wide-environment-variables-brabw9imv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phoronix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Linux Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting System-Wide Environment Variables"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-improves-kernel-management-setting-system-wide-environment-variables-brabw9imv#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What kernel does the latest Linux Mint 22.3 HWE ISO ship with?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Linux Mint 22.3 HWE ISOs now include the Linux 7.0 kernel. 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