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Armbian 26.02 Released: New Boards, Powered By Linux 6.18 LTS & RISC-V Xfce Desktop

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 2 March 2026 at 06:10 AM EST. 1 Comment
Armbian 26.02 has been released released for this Debian-derived Linux distribution primarily focused on supporting a range of Arm and RISC-V platforms. With Armbian 26.02 there is yet more new boards added while moving to the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel and also adding a RISC-V Xfce desktop install option.

New board support in Armbian 26.02 includes the likes of the SpacemiT MusePi Pro, Radxa Rock 4D, Orange Pi RV2, and ODROID M2. Armbian 26.02 also brings improvements for other Allwinner and Rockchip platforms.

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This new Armbian release is making use of the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel among other updated packages. On the desktop side they have restored their KDE Neon desktop builds while also adding RISC-V Xfce desktop support. There are also dozens of fixes and other improvements with Armbian 26.02.

Downloads and more details on Armbian 26.02 via Armbian.com.

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