Uhlelo lwakamuva lokusatshalaliswa kweBlack Lab Linux lukhishwe ngokusemthethweni. IBlack Lab Linux 8.0 "Onyx", okuyindlela ebizwa ngayo, ube nenqubo ende yentuthuko size sifinyelele enguqulweni yaso yokugcina, ngoba sikhuluma ngama-edishini we-4 alpha, ama-beta we-3 nohlobo lomqokeleli size sizuze umkhiqizo, oqala ukusebenza ngokuya ngohlelo lwe-Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), okwamanje izotholakala kuphela ngokuhweba. Maduzane, ngoDisemba 15, 2016, inguqulo yamahhala izotholakala emphakathini.
Lokhu kubambezeleka kunguqulo yamahhala kuzonikeza isikhathi esanele sokuba onjiniyela baqhubeke nokuphothula imininingwane yohlelo lwabo lokusebenza, okuthi uma silubheka, luthathe cishe unyaka wonke wentuthuko selokhu lwaqala ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari. Njengoba umphathi weBlack Lab Software uRoberto J. Dohnert echaza, iBlack Lab Linux 8.0 iyi ukusatshalaliswa okungcono kakhulu kweLinux esingakuthola futhi ingathengwa ngentengo ephansi kakhulu, nje Amadola ka-19,99 ngokusekelwa kokufakwa nokusatshalaliswa, noma amadola angama-45 ngosizo lwe-imeyili unyaka wonke.
Vele kwavela IBlack Lab Linux 8.0 futhi usungayifunda vele iphosta ye IBlack Lab Linux 9 «Udizili» uyeza maduze. IBlack Lab Linux 8 ifika ilayishwe ukumangala okuhle, kuqala nge Izindawo ezi-6 ezidume kakhulu zedeskithophu, njenge: GNOME 3.18, Xfce, GNOME Flashback, Unity, KDE Plasma 5 neLXDE. Ifaka i-kernel efanayo ne-Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version, sikhuluma nge-4.4.0-45 lapho ukwesekwa okugcwele kunikezwa khona i-UEFI ne-exFAT, systemd ne-upstart nokuhlanganiswa okugcwele neGoogle Drayivu.
Mayelana nesoftware efakiwe, singathola izinhlobo zakamuva zazo zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza ezidume kakhulu, njengehhovisi leLibreOffice 5.2, isiphequluli sewebhu seChromium 54, abafundi be-imeyili beMozilla Thunderbird 45.4 nabanye, umhleli wokuqhafaza we-GIMP 2.8.16 nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezifana neDropbox, i-GNOME Video, i-GNOME Software, iRhythmbox noma iPlasma Discover phakathi kwezinye eziningi
Isigaba sokuphepha sale «ilebula elimnyama» asikaze singanakwa futhi futhi sifaka selokhu yethulwa zonke izibuyekezo zokuphepha zikhishwe kuze kube nguNovemba 6, 2016. Abasebenzisi bohlobo 7 lweBlack Lab Linux bazokwazi ukubuyekeza uhlelo lwabo lokusebenza kube luhlobo lwakamuva kusukela kulo mzuzu, bekhumbula ukuthi inguqulo elandelayo kulindeleke kungekudala, IBlack Lab Linux 9 lokho okungenzeka kubalwe njengohlelo lwesisekelo inguqulo yakamuva ye-Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak).