diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 23f91b942d..152f4b8020 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ jobs:
   linux:
     name: Linux
     needs: cache-kotlinc
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: centos:7
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -56,37 +54,19 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
-      - name: Upgrade git
-        run: |
-          sed -i \
-            -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' \
-            -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' \
-            -e 's/mirror\.centos\.org/vault.centos.org/' \
-            /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo
-          yum -y install https://packages.endpointdev.com/rhel/7/os/x86_64/endpoint-repo.x86_64.rpm
-          yum -y install git
       - name: Checkout repository
-        run: git clone --depth 3 https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git .
-      - name: Configure yum
-        run: |
-          yum -y install epel-release
-          yum -y update
-      - name: Install build dependencies
-        run: |
-          yum -y install centos-release-scl
-          sed -i \
-            -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' \
-            -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' \
-            -e 's/^# baseurl/baseurl/' \
-            -e 's/mirror\.centos\.org/vault.centos.org/' \
-            /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-SCLo-scl*.repo
-          yum -y install devtoolset-11-gcc-c++
-          yum -y install ant awscli zstd
-      - name: Install LWJGL dependencies
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 3
+      - name: Install dependencies # make is necessary for -flto=auto
         run: |
-          yum -y install libX11-devel libXt-devel gtk3-devel libdbus-1-dev
+          git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
+          DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get -yq update
+          DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get -yq install ant awscli curl zstd gcc g++ make
           mkdir jdk8
           curl -L https://cdn.azul.com/zulu/bin/zulu8.${ZULU_BUILD}-linux_x64.tar.gz | tar xz -C jdk8 --strip-components 1
+      - name: Install LWJGL dependencies
+        run: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get -yq -f --allow-unauthenticated --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends install libgtk-3-dev libatk-bridge2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libglu-dev libgl1-mesa-glx libx11-dev libxt-dev libdbus-1-dev -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
       - name: Restore kotlinc output
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
         with:
@@ -101,23 +81,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Java
         run: ant -emacs compile
       - name: Build native
-        run: |
-          source scl_source enable devtoolset-11 || true
-          ant -emacs compile-native
+        run: ant -emacs compile-native
       - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          source scl_source enable devtoolset-11 || true
-          ant -emacs tests
+        run: ant -emacs tests
       - name: Print test results
         run: cat bin/test/testng-results.xml
         if: failure()
       - name: Run demo with OpenJDK
-        run: |
-          source scl_source enable devtoolset-11 || true
-          ant demo -Dclass=org.lwjgl.demo.util.lz4.HelloLZ4
+        run: ant demo -Dclass=org.lwjgl.demo.util.lz4.HelloLZ4
       - name: Build GraalVM Native Image
         run: |
-          source scl_source enable devtoolset-11 || true
           mkdir jdk-graalvm
           curl -L https://download.oracle.com/graalvm/23/latest/graalvm-jdk-23_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz | tar xz -C jdk-graalvm --strip-components 1
           jdk-graalvm/bin/native-image -cp \
@@ -130,9 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           config/native-image \
           org.lwjgl.demo.util.lz4.HelloLZ4 --verbose --no-fallback
       - name: Run demo with GraalVM JIT
-        run: |
-          source scl_source enable devtoolset-11 || true
-          JAVA_HOME=jdk-graalvm ant demo -Dclass=org.lwjgl.demo.util.lz4.HelloLZ4
+        run: JAVA_HOME=jdk-graalvm ant demo -Dclass=org.lwjgl.demo.util.lz4.HelloLZ4
       - name: Run demo with GraalVM Native Image
         run: ./org.lwjgl.demo.util.lz4.hellolz4
 
@@ -187,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo dpkg --add-architecture ${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}}
           sudo apt-get update || true
       - name: Install cross-compilation dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get -yq -f --allow-unauthenticated --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends install libgtk-3-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libatk-bridge2.0-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libglu-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libgl1-mesa-glx:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libx11-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libxt-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libdbus-1-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
+        run: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get -yq -f --allow-unauthenticated --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends install libgtk-3-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libatk-bridge2.0-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libglu-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libgl1-mesa-glx:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libx11-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libxt-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} libdbus-1-dev:${{matrix.CROSS_ARCH}} -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
       - name: Restore kotlinc output
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
         with: