Spaced Linux 9.26.2 is a maintenance release for the September 2026 line.
Highlights:
- Preserves the selected audio output across logout and reboot.
- Respects MATE display scaling and correctly enforces the Never display-idle setting.
- Improves Calamares reboot guidance and live-desktop icon behavior.
- Updates Brave privacy defaults and desktop migration reliability.
- Ships Spaced Welcome 0.1.14 and SpacedBazaar 0.1.11.
- Adds targeted diagnostics and regression coverage for remaining hardware-specific reports.
Validation:
- Official clean ISO build passed.
- BIOS MATE/Compiz desktop smoke test passed.
- UEFI desktop smoke test passed.
- 4K virtual desktop smoke test passed.
- ISO SHA256:
e2349ee2f2d8ab9dacccc9504d78c0b709ef8af15aac4069c9fcf8222335f2da
See the included .sha256 file and verify it with:
sha256sum -c spaced-linux-9.26.2-amd64.iso.sha256Hardware-specific acceptance items remain documented in the issue audit and should stay open until confirmed on affected physical systems.