Hello everyone,
I'm glad to announce that the new Apertis v2026pre preview release is now available!
Apertis v2026pre is the preview release of the Apertis v2026 stable release flow and it is based on Debian Trixie. It will lead to Apertis v2026.0 release in March 2026.
For more details about the Apertis release flows and support periods, see https://www.apertis.org/designs/release-flow/
You can find the full release notes at https://www.apertis.org/release/v2026pre/releasenotes/
This release ships the Linux 6.12 kernel and is based on Debian Trixie but later releases in the v2026 channel will be tracking newer kernel versions up to the next LTS.
Some highlights: - Updates from Trixie - Weston as default compositor - SDK image rework - Bugfixing
Images already available for download at https://images.apertis.org/release/v2026pre/v2026pre.0/
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
Walter