Linux Kernel 7.1 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.2

Posted by hanuca on Sep 3, 2026 8:40 AM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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This is your friendly reminder that the Linux 7.1 kernel series has reached the end of its supported life and that you should consider upgrading to Linux kernel 7.2 as soon as possible.

Linux kernel 7.1 was released on June 14th, 2026, introducing new features like a new NTFS file system implementation, which has been in the works for the last 4 years, featuring full write support with delayed allocation, iomap, and folio integration to improve write performance, and a new suite of userspace utilities called ntfsprogs-plus.

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