rc.7 is the Linux release. Avocado Desktop now runs natively on Linux, and every release publishes installable Linux packages alongside the macOS disk image.

Linux support

The app runs natively on Linux with direct USB passthrough, so provisioning real hardware needs no VM. Releases publish three packages, all x86_64:

• .deb — Ubuntu and Debian.
• .rpm — the Fedora family.
• A pacman-installable package — Arch, installed with pacman -U.

Every build needs WebKitGTK 4.1, which ships on Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, and current Fedora and Arch. Builds run on the host's Docker rather than in the bundled VM that macOS uses, so Docker has to be installed. USB passthrough also needs your distribution's usbip tools.

Two differences from macOS worth knowing before you install:

• Updates — the macOS app replaces itself in place; the Linux packages do not, so a new release is installed as a new package.
• The Arch package links the Avocado CLI rather than bundling one — install avocado-cli first. The .deb and .rpm carry the toolchain themselves.

Every artifact, with its size and publish date, is listed on Downloads.

Tabbed terminal

UART, SSH, QEMU, and local shell sessions now open as tabs in a single pane instead of replacing one another, so a serial console and a shell can stay open side by side while a build runs.