elementary OS 8.1 Brings Bug Fixes, New Kernel + More

Didn’t get around to trying last year’s elementary OS 8.0 release? No bother as elementary OS 8.1 arrived this week, providing an opportune jumping-on point for new users. Based atop the recent Ubuntu 24.04.2 release, elementary OS 8.1 is powered by Linux kernel 6.11, Mesa , etc. The kernel uplift also remedies a number of annoying issues which had affected those using the distro on AMD hardware. Foundational fittings aside, elementary devs also sort of fixed, fine-tuned and finessed many of the apps, tools, and home-grown technologies the distro ships with. “We’ve been hard at work this winter addressing issues
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