diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c360769bb..957e2e1025 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## Version 1.7.0-beta.2 - 2020-01-31
+
+* Add docker run-time for kic driver [#6436](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6436)
+* Add addon enablement to start [#6440](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6440)
+* Configure etcd and kube-proxy metrics to listen on minikube node IP [#6322](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6322)
+* add container runtime info to profile list [#6409](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6409)
+* Allow 'profiles list' to work even if a profile has no control plane [#6450](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6450)
+* status: Explicitly state that the cluster does not exist [#6438](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6438)
+* Do not use an arch suffix for the coredns name [#6243](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6243)
+* Allow building storage-provisioner for other arch [#6257](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6257)
+* Prevent registry-creds configure from failing when a secret does not exist.  [#6380](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6380)
+* improve checking modprob netfilter [#6427](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/6427)
+
+Huge thank you for this release towards our contributors: 
+
+- Anders Björklund
+- Bjørn Harald Fotland
+- Chance Zibolski
+- Kim Bao Long
+- Medya Ghazizadeh
+- Priya Wadhwa
+- Sharif Elgamal
+- Thomas Strömberg
+- akshay
+
 ## Version 1.7.0-beta.1 - 2020-01-24
 
 * Add 'pause' command to freeze Kubernetes cluster [#5962](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/5962)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e460ac2886..93ddd3ac28 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # Bump these on release - and please check ISO_VERSION for correctness.
 VERSION_MAJOR ?= 1
 VERSION_MINOR ?= 7
-VERSION_BUILD ?= 0-beta.1
+VERSION_BUILD ?= 0-beta.2
 RAW_VERSION=$(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).${VERSION_BUILD}
 VERSION ?= v$(RAW_VERSION)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.19.88
 # latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases
-GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.21.0
+GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.23.2
 # Limit number of default jobs, to avoid the CI builds running out of memory
 GOLINT_JOBS ?= 4
 # see https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#memory-usage-of-golangci-lint
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ mdlint:
 out/docs/minikube.md: $(shell find "cmd") $(shell find "pkg/minikube/constants") pkg/minikube/assets/assets.go pkg/minikube/translate/translations.go
 	go run -ldflags="$(MINIKUBE_LDFLAGS)" -tags gendocs hack/help_text/gen_help_text.go
 
+deb_version:
+	@echo $(DEB_VERSION)
+
 out/minikube_$(DEB_VERSION).deb: out/minikube_$(DEB_VERSION)-0_amd64.deb
 	cp $< $@
 
@@ -387,6 +390,9 @@ out/minikube_$(DEB_VERSION)-0_%.deb: out/minikube-linux-%
 	fakeroot dpkg-deb --build out/minikube_$(DEB_VERSION) $@
 	rm -rf out/minikube_$(DEB_VERSION)
 
+rpm_version:
+	@echo $(RPM_VERSION)
+
 out/minikube-$(RPM_VERSION).rpm: out/minikube-$(RPM_VERSION)-0.x86_64.rpm
 	cp $< $@
 
@@ -525,13 +531,17 @@ release-minikube: out/minikube checksum ## Minikube release
 	gsutil cp out/minikube-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH) $(MINIKUBE_UPLOAD_LOCATION)/$(MINIKUBE_VERSION)/minikube-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH)
 	gsutil cp out/minikube-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH).sha256 $(MINIKUBE_UPLOAD_LOCATION)/$(MINIKUBE_VERSION)/minikube-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH).sha256
 
-out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2:
+out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-amd64
+	cp $< $@
+
+out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-%:
 ifeq ($(MINIKUBE_BUILD_IN_DOCKER),y)
 	docker inspect -f '{{.Id}} {{.RepoTags}}' $(KVM_BUILD_IMAGE) || $(MAKE) kvm-image
 	$(call DOCKER,$(KVM_BUILD_IMAGE),/usr/bin/make $@ COMMIT=$(COMMIT))
 	# make extra sure that we are linking with the older version of libvirt (1.3.1)
 	test "`strings $@ | grep '^LIBVIRT_[0-9]' | sort | tail -n 1`" = "LIBVIRT_1.2.9"
 else
+	GOARCH=$* \
 	go build \
 		-installsuffix "static" \
 		-ldflags="$(KVM2_LDFLAGS)" \
@@ -541,21 +551,29 @@ else
 endif
 	chmod +X $@
 
-out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION).deb: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2
+out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION).deb: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)-0_amd64.deb
+	cp $< $@
+
+out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)-0_%.deb: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-%
 	cp -r installers/linux/deb/kvm2_deb_template out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)
 	chmod 0755 out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)/DEBIAN
 	sed -E -i 's/--VERSION--/'$(DEB_VERSION)'/g' out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)/DEBIAN/control
+	sed -E -i 's/--ARCH--/'$*'/g' out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)/DEBIAN/control
 	mkdir -p out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)/usr/bin
 	cp out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2 out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)/usr/bin/docker-machine-driver-kvm2
-	fakeroot dpkg-deb --build out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)
+	fakeroot dpkg-deb --build out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION) $@
 	rm -rf out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2_$(DEB_VERSION)
 
-out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION).rpm: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2
+out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION).rpm: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION)-0.x86_64.deb
+	cp $< $@
+
+out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION)-0.%.rpm: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-%
 	cp -r installers/linux/rpm/kvm2_rpm_template out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION)
 	sed -E -i 's/--VERSION--/'$(RPM_VERSION)'/g' out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION)/docker-machine-driver-kvm2.spec
 	sed -E -i 's|--OUT--|'$(PWD)/out'|g' out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION)/docker-machine-driver-kvm2.spec
-	rpmbuild -bb -D "_rpmdir $(PWD)/out" -D "_rpmfilename docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION).rpm" \
+	rpmbuild -bb -D "_rpmdir $(PWD)/out" --target $* \
 		out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION)/docker-machine-driver-kvm2.spec
+	@mv out/$*/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION)-0.$*.rpm out/ && rmdir out/$*
 	rm -rf out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2-$(RPM_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: kvm-image
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
index c97cae9b72..74e595cd5e 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
@@ -132,14 +132,12 @@ func runDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		profileName := viper.GetString(pkg_config.MachineProfile)
 		profile, err := pkg_config.LoadProfile(profileName)
 		if err != nil {
-			out.ErrT(out.Meh, `"{{.name}}" profile does not exist`, out.V{"name": profileName})
+			out.ErrT(out.Meh, `"{{.name}}" profile does not exist, trying anyways.`, out.V{"name": profileName})
 		}
 
 		errs := DeleteProfiles([]*pkg_config.Profile{profile})
 		if len(errs) > 0 {
 			HandleDeletionErrors(errs)
-		} else {
-			out.T(out.DeletingHost, "Successfully deleted profile \"{{.name}}\"", out.V{"name": profileName})
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ func purgeMinikubeDirectory() {
 	if err := os.RemoveAll(localpath.MiniPath()); err != nil {
 		exit.WithError("unable to delete minikube config folder", err)
 	}
-	out.T(out.Crushed, "Successfully purged minikube directory located at - [{{.minikubeDirectory}}]", out.V{"minikubeDirectory": localpath.MiniPath()})
+	out.T(out.Deleted, "Successfully purged minikube directory located at - [{{.minikubeDirectory}}]", out.V{"minikubeDirectory": localpath.MiniPath()})
 }
 
 // DeleteProfiles deletes one or more profiles
@@ -213,7 +211,7 @@ func deleteProfile(profile *pkg_config.Profile) error {
 	if err = cluster.DeleteHost(api, profile.Name); err != nil {
 		switch errors.Cause(err).(type) {
 		case mcnerror.ErrHostDoesNotExist:
-			out.T(out.Meh, `"{{.name}}" cluster does not exist. Proceeding ahead with cleanup.`, out.V{"name": profile.Name})
+			glog.Infof("%s cluster does not exist. Proceeding ahead with cleanup.", profile.Name)
 		default:
 			out.T(out.FailureType, "Failed to delete cluster: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
 			out.T(out.Notice, `You may need to manually remove the "{{.name}}" VM from your hypervisor`, out.V{"name": profile.Name})
@@ -232,11 +230,10 @@ func deleteProfile(profile *pkg_config.Profile) error {
 		return DeletionError{Err: delErr, Errtype: Fatal}
 	}
 
-	out.T(out.Crushed, `The "{{.name}}" cluster has been deleted.`, out.V{"name": profile.Name})
-
 	if err := deleteContext(profile.Name); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	out.T(out.Deleted, `Removed all traces of the "{{.name}}" cluster.`, out.V{"name": profile.Name})
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/installers/linux/deb/kvm2_deb_template/DEBIAN/control b/installers/linux/deb/kvm2_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
index 49a6075b6a..14b1fbe0d4 100644
--- a/installers/linux/deb/kvm2_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/installers/linux/deb/kvm2_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: docker-machine-driver-kvm2
 Version: --VERSION--
 Section: base
 Priority: optional
-Architecture: amd64
+Architecture: --ARCH--
 Depends: libvirt0 (>= 1.3.1)
 Recommends: minikube
 Maintainer: Thomas Strömberg <t+minikube@stromberg.org>
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
index 6b78b88cef..0d5475b06d 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -315,21 +315,21 @@ func StopHost(api libmachine.API) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// deleteOrphanedKIC attempts to delete an orphaned docker instance
+func deleteOrphanedKIC(name string) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(oci.Docker, "rm", "-f", "-v", name)
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err == nil {
+		glog.Infof("Found stale kic container and successfully cleaned it up!")
+	}
+}
+
 // DeleteHost deletes the host VM.
 func DeleteHost(api libmachine.API, machineName string) error {
 	host, err := api.Load(machineName)
 	if err != nil && host == nil {
-		// before we give up on deleting the host
-		//  we try to kill the possible orphan kic driver
-		// this case will happen if the user deleted both profile and machine folder
-		// inside minikube home
-		cmd := exec.Command(oci.Docker, "rm", "-f", "-v", machineName)
-		err := cmd.Run()
-		if err == nil {
-			glog.Infof("Found stale kic container and successfully cleaned it up.")
-			return nil
-		}
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "load")
+		deleteOrphanedKIC(machineName)
+		// keep going even if minikube  does not know about the host
 	}
 
 	// Get the status of the host. Ensure that it exists before proceeding ahead.
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func DeleteHost(api libmachine.API, machineName string) error {
 	}
 
 	if status == state.None.String() {
-		return mcnerror.ErrHostDoesNotExist{Name: host.Name}
+		return mcnerror.ErrHostDoesNotExist{Name: machineName}
 	}
 
 	// This is slow if SSH is not responding, but HyperV hangs otherwise, See issue #2914
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/out/style.go b/pkg/minikube/out/style.go
index 56f6bf8b35..00de29b68c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/out/style.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/out/style.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var styles = map[StyleEnum]style{
 	Option:        {Prefix: "    ▪ ", LowPrefix: lowIndent}, // Indented bullet
 	Command:       {Prefix: "    ▪ ", LowPrefix: lowIndent}, // Indented bullet
 	LogEntry:      {Prefix: "    "},                         // Indent
-	Crushed:       {Prefix: "💔  "},
+	Deleted:       {Prefix: "💀  "},
 	URL:           {Prefix: "👉  ", LowPrefix: lowIndent},
 	Documentation: {Prefix: "📘  "},
 	Issues:        {Prefix: "⁉️   "},
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/out/style_enum.go b/pkg/minikube/out/style_enum.go
index 150b19fa37..5b1571a042 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/out/style_enum.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/out/style_enum.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const (
 	Option
 	Command
 	LogEntry
-	Crushed
+	Deleted
 	URL
 	Documentation
 	Issues