Armbian 26.8 launches with Linux 7.1 kernel, a rewritten installer, and UEFI ISO Images

Armbian 26.8 delivers a major update to this system image framework for single-board computers, introducing feature, compatibility, and workflow enhancements for its users. The installer has been completely rewritten as an armbian-config module and now benefits from unit testing. It separately handles eMMC and NVMe, supports SPI and MTD targets, flashes bootloaders independently, and properly reports bootloader flash failures rather than giving misleading positive messages. Alongside the installer, Armbian 26.8 advances its mainline kernel support to Linux 7.1 as stable, with Linux 7.2 available on edge branches for rockchip64, meson64, mvebu64, sunxi, and bcm2711. The U-Boot bootloader is updated to v2026.07 for most supported boards, including the Rockchip RK35xx family, Amlogic, i.MX6, and mvebu platforms. These backend changes enable improved hardware compatibility, with new single-board computers joining the list, 14 boards moving to standard support, several dropped to community ...