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New Apertis v2026pre preview release available
by Walter Lozano 04 Dec '25

04 Dec '25

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 -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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New Apertis v2025.3 stable release available
by Walter Lozano 27 Nov '25

27 Nov '25

Hello everyone, I'm glad to announce that Apertis v2025.3 stable release is now available! Apertis v2025.1 is the fourth stable release of the Apertis v2025 release flow. Apertis is committed to maintaining the v2025 release stream until December 2026. This release is based on Debian Bookworm and ships the latest LTS Linux kernel in the 6.12.x series. 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/v2025.3/releasenotes/ Images are available for download at https://images.apertis.org/release/v2025/v2025.3/ Thanks to everyone who contributed! Walter -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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Apertis release candidate v2027dev0.0rc1 available for testing
by Walter Lozano 26 Nov '25

26 Nov '25

Hello everyone, I'm glad to announce that Apertis v2027dev0.0rc1 images for all the supported platforms have been published: AMD64 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2027dev0/v2027dev0.0rc1/amd64/ Arm32 public https://images.apertis.org/release/v2027dev0/v2027dev0.0rc1/armhf/ Arm64 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2027dev0/v2027dev0.0rc1/arm64/ This is the first development release on the Apertis v2027 release flow and it is based on Debian Trixie. It ships Linux 6.16, but later releases will follow new kernel version until the next LTS before releasing the first stable release on v2026 release flow. The test reports are below: * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2027dev0/20251126.0017/apt * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2027dev0/20251126.0017/ostree * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2027dev0/20251126.0017/lxc * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2027dev0/20251126.0017/nfs The full release schedule is described at https://www.apertis.org/release/v2027dev0/release_schedule/ Thanks, Walter -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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New Apertis v2024.7 stable release available
by Walter Lozano 20 Nov '25

20 Nov '25

Hello everyone, I'm glad to announce that Apertis v2024.7 stable release is now available! Apertis v2024.7 is the eighth stable release of the Apertis v2024 release flow. Apertis is committed to maintaining the v2024 release stream until December 2025. This release is based on Debian Bookworm and ships the latest LTS Linux kernel in the 6.6.x series. 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/v2024.7/releasenotes/ Images are available for download at https://images.apertis.org/release/v2024/v2024.7/ Thanks to everyone who contributed! Walter -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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Apertis release candidate v2026pre.0rc1 available for testing
by Walter Lozano 19 Nov '25

19 Nov '25

Hello everyone, I'm glad to announce that Apertis v2026pre.0rc1 images for all the supported platforms have been published: AMD64 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2026pre/v2026pre.0rc1/amd64/ Arm32 public https://images.apertis.org/release/v2026pre/v2026pre.0rc1/armhf/ Arm64 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2026pre/v2026pre.0rc1/arm64/ This is the preview release on the Apertis v2026 release flow and it is based on Debian Trixie. This release contains Linux 6.16, updates from Trixie and bug fixes. Future releases will track newer Linux versions up to the next LTS version. The test reports are below: * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2026pre/20251119.0115/apt * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2026pre/20251119.0115/ostree * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2026pre/20251119.0115/lxc * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2026pre/20251119.0115/nfs The full release schedule is described at https://www.apertis.org/release/v2026/v2026pre/release_schedule/ Thanks, Walter -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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Soft code freeze/hard feature freeze for v2027dev0
by Walter Lozano 19 Nov '25

19 Nov '25

Hi all, I'm glad to announce that we have entered Soft Code Freeze / Hard Feature Freeze for v2027dev0 [1]. From this moment only bug fixes will be accepted for this release cycle. Thanks to everyone who contributed! Walter [1] https://www.apertis.org/release/v2027/v2027dev0/release_schedule/ -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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Apertis release candidate v2025.3rc1 available for testing
by Walter Lozano 12 Nov '25

12 Nov '25

Hello everyone, I'm glad to announce that Apertis v2025.3rc1 images for all the supported platforms have been published: AMD64 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2025/v2025.3rc1/amd64/ Arm32 public https://images.apertis.org/release/v2025/v2025.3rc1/armhf/ Arm64 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2025/v2025.3rc1/arm64/ This is the fourth stable release on the Apertis v2025 release flow and it is based on Debian Bookworm. It ships latest LTS Linux 6.12 as well as updates and bugfixes from Debian Bookworm. The test reports are below: * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2025/20251112.0217/apt * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2025/20251112.0217/ostree * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2025/20251112.0217/lxc * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2025/20251112.0217/nfs The full release schedule is described at https://www.apertis.org/release/v2025/v2025.3/release_schedule/ Thanks, Walter -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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Soft feature freeze for v2027dev0
by Walter Lozano 12 Nov '25

12 Nov '25

Hi all, I'm glad to announce that we have entered Soft Feature Freeze for v2027dev0 [1]. From this moment no additional features will be accepted. Thanks to everyone who contributed! Walter [1] https://www.apertis.org/release/v2027/v2027dev0/release_schedule/ -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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Soft code freeze/hard feature freeze for v2026pre
by Walter Lozano 12 Nov '25

12 Nov '25

Hi all, I'm glad to announce that we have entered Soft Code Freeze / Hard Feature Freeze for v2026pre [1]. From this moment only bug fixes will be accepted for this release cycle. Thanks to everyone who contributed! Walter [1] https://www.apertis.org/release/v2026/v2026pre/release_schedule/ -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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Apertis release candidate v2024.7rc1 available for testing
by Walter Lozano 05 Nov '25

05 Nov '25

Hello everyone, I'm glad to announce that Apertis v2024.7rc1 images for all the supported platforms have been published: AMD64 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2024/v2024.7rc1/amd64/ Arm32 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2024/v2024.7rc1/armhf/ Arm64 https://images.apertis.org/release/v2024/v2024.7rc1/arm64/ Compared to v2024.6 this release contains security updates from Debian Bookworm and the latest LTS Linux kernel on the 6.6.x series. The test reports are below: * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2024/20251105.0315/apt * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2024/20251105.0315/ostree * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2024/20251105.0315/lxc * https://qa.apertis.org/report/v2024/20251105.0315/nfs The full release schedule is described at https://www.apertis.org/release/v2024/v2024.7/release_schedule/ Thanks, Walter -- Walter Lozano Collabora Ltd.

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