OS/RX has always been at the bleeding edge of the Linux kernel for better or for worse, but an overwhelming amount of reports have been made regarding critical hardware driver issues related to the switch to Linux 7.0, most commonly NVIDIA and Broadcom drivers trying to build using DKMS.

While these problems could be fixed if the manufacturers updated their drivers this would still lock out older but still widely used hardware that's no longer receiving updates from performing to their full potential if at all (such as the GeForce 10xx series or many BCM 43xx-based adapters).

As such when OS/RX 28 will release in Q1 2027 (and in any future public betas) the Linux/Liquorix kernel 7.0 will no longer be present by default, however this doesn't mean that you, the user, won't be able to install it if you wish to do so. At this point in development the main candidate for the default kernel to ship in OS/RX 28 is Linux 6.12.