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Wtf is the deal with AerynOS in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] 1 point 2 months ago

I'm glad you're having a positive experience on aerynOS!

We are cracking on but yeah, we are staying cautious and not moving away from the alpha label until we are ready. The beta label will come when we are "feature complete" and are only testing for bugs and regressions before going to "general release".

As not to have an influx of users who aren't self reliant, we have intentionally left roadblocks like a more difficult installer as we don't want people to get the impression that this is user focused "yet".

We are however starting to change that position. We released a blog post yesterday (https://aerynos.com/blog/2026/08/31/a-community-that-works-together-builds-together/) where we talk about an upcoming major installer update, though it wasn't quite ready in time for this monthly progress post.

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    AerynOS Unstable Stream Update: 23rd July 2026 (github.com)
     

    Changes

    Toolchain updates

    This set of unstable stream updates saw Reilly land a fair few larger stack updates, including point updates for LLVM 20, 21, and 22, plus OpenJDK 17, 21, and 25, and Rust 1.97.1.

    Kernel updates

    Kernel 7.1.4 was landed, and kernel 7.1.5 is in the works. We will land 7.1.5 as a follow-up update in the coming days, after it has had some time to percolate with our NVIDIA driver testers.

    Larger than usual amount of fixes

    Thanks to our growing community, users have reported and helped us fix a number of small niggles in both our tooling and our user-facing applications.

    Infra changes

    Ermo and tarkah made our first automated deployment of our infra from declarative config files, which will make testing of new features in moss, boulder and infra much nicer going forward.

    Highlights

    • COSMIC DE 1.4.0
    • KDE Plasma 6.7.3
    • firefox 153.0
    • mesa 26.1.5
    • linux-stable/-gaming 7.1.4
    • linux-lts 6.18.39
    • systemd 260.3
    • thunderbird 153.0

    Stack updates

    • KDE Frameworks 6.28.0
    • Intel Compute Runtime:
      • igsc 1.3.1
      • intel-compute-runtime 26.27.39122.12
      • intel-graphics-compiler 2.38.2
      • intel-metee 6.2.5
      • level-zero 1.32.0
    • openjdk-17 17.0.20
    • openjdk-21 21.0.12
    • openjdk-25 25.0.4
    • rust 1.97.1

    Updates

    Other updates include, but are not limited to:

    • bind-utils 9.20.26
    • buildah 1.44.1
    • croc 10.5.0
    • cryptsetup 2.8.7
    • distrobox 1.8.2.5
    • dua-cli 2.38.0
    • easyeffects 8.2.8
    • faugus-launcher 2.0.1
    • fish 4.8.1
    • fresh 0.4.3
    • gamescope 3.16.25
    • godot 4.7.1
    • inputplumber 0.78.0
    • podman 6.0.2
    • prism-launcher 11.0.3
    • ripgrep 15.2.0
    • runc 1.5.1
    • screen 5.0.2
    • signal-desktop 8.18.0
    • syncthingtray 2.1.3
    • thunderbird 153.0
    • variety 0.9.0
    • vscode-bin 1.129.0
    • weston 16.0.0
    • wine 11.13
    • winetricks 20260125
    • wireshark 4.6.7
    • xfsprogs: 7.1.1
    • zed 1.11.3
    • zsh 5.9.2

    Fixes

    • container-common: Files now live in /usr/share/containers, and podman & co. look there for defaults.
    • greetd: Add standalone .service that starts the bundled agreety greeter
    • iwd: Fix iwctl input handling
    • llvm-20/21/22: Fix build-id-none issue
    • openjdk-17/21/25: Fix symlinks for system headers
    • python: Fix python -m venv venv being broken
    • systemd: Can now (re)trigger udev device discovery
    • variety: Fix locale for GTK UI translations

    New packages

    • aha 0.5.1 (Fixes missing kinfocenter output error)
    • cardwire 0.10.3 (Tool for managing and switching between iGPU and dGPU)
    • dankcalendar 0.2.5 (Calendar from the Dank Linux Suite)
    • genfstab 30 (Bash script used to write autodetected mounts to a file)
    • gnist 0.3.5 (Tool for atomically changing themes in window managers)
    • malm 0.3.2 (Declarative, KDL-driven configuration manager developed for gnist)
    • plezy 2.9.1 (Modern cross-platform Plex & Jellyfin client built with Flutter)
    • shfmt 3.13.1 (Shell script formatting tool)

    Full git changelog

    As usual, there are many other minor updates not mentioned as the list would get too long. You can see the full changelog here:

    https://github.com/AerynOS/recipes/compare/9db5990c243530ab414de1f776d5f7b4a68e641d...86c464cd3254b058fd7f46362d2d8aa08d555372

    How to Contribute

    As ever, feel free to report any issues below and join the AerynOS Zulip server community.

    How to sponsor us

    If you appreciate the work we are doing and are in a position to do so, we would appreciate any sponsorship sent our way:

    We should note that we prefer Stripe donations if possible.

    Thank you!

    Thank you to all our supporters and contributors. You are making a difference! :heart:

    AerynOS testimonials? in c/linux@programming.dev
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    Unstable Stream Updates: 10th of June 2026 Announcement (github.com)
     

    Changes

    A nice round of updates this time around, but we'll keep it short and sweet, and instead list the goodies under the headers below.

    Please help us thank Reilly for all the work he does to keep the AerynOS stack sane and up to date, including doing the thankless work of updating system libraries and doing the necessary stack rebuilds.

    JACK sound support added via Pipewire

    Reilly has dug deep and made our Pipewire sound server support JACK, which essentially makes it act like a JACK server; hence, we are not providing the actual JACK server. He has also rebuilt the relevant packages that support the JACK protocol.

    OpenZFS file system support added via module

    The last time we did a stream update, Reilly added support for using the OpenZFS module for data drives (not boot drives). He was very clear that it is experimental, so we honestly need someone fairly familiar with (Open)ZFS to help us test that we got it right.

    Highlights

    • COSMIC DE 1.0.15
    • GNOME 50.2
    • KDE Gear 26.04.2
    • NVIDIA driver 610.43.02
    • OpenZFS support added (experimental)
    • firefox 151.0.4
    • linux-stable/-gaming 7.0.12
    • linux-lts 6.18.35
    • mangowm 0.14.0
    • mesa 26.1.2
    • rust 1.96
    • sway 1.12
    • systemd 258.8

    Major updates

    • JACK enablement via Pipewire
    • kbd 2.10.0
    • kmscon 10.0.0 (user space console virtual terminal)
    • pipewire 1.6.6
    • protobuf 35.0
    • python 3.14.6
    • sdl 3.4.10
    • wine 11.10

    Other updates

    Other updates include, but are not limited to:

    • bash 5.3.12
    • bazaar 0.8.1
    • faugus-launcher 1.20.4
    • flatpak 1.18.0
    • fresh 0.3.10
    • gamescope 3.16.24
    • godot 4.6.3
    • jujutsu 0.42.0
    • kitty 0.47.2
    • mangohud 0.8.4
    • sqlite 3.53.2 (now built with PGO for performance)
    • vscodium 1.121.03429
    • zed 1.5.5
    • zsh 5.9.1

    Fixes

    • Fix firefox crash caused by latest fontconfig

    New packages

    • dolphin-plugins
    • flatpak-builder

    Full git changelog

    As usual, there are many other minor updates not mentioned as the list would get too long. You can see the full changelog here:

    https://github.com/AerynOS/recipes/compare/e91b21197acb577d1b96ee270ed28df961340de0...10545534c9ec8b3f040d772d9c2ee05a027ce0db

    How to Contribute

    As ever, feel free to report any issues below and join the AerynOS Zulip server community.

    How to sponsor us

    If you appreciate the work we are doing and are in a position to do so, we would appreciate any sponsorship sent our way:

    We should note that we prefer Stripe donations if possible.

    Thank you!

    Thank you to all our supporters and contributors. You are making a difference! ❤️

    AerynOS testimonials? in c/linux@programming.dev
    [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    I've recently jumped on this platform. I know it's 6 months late but I'd be curious as to whether you tried it out and your impressions if you did?

    We are still in alpha and we keep it that way for a reason. There are a lot of technical areas we need to address (which we are actively working on). We only recommend people use AerynOS on spare hardware or a VM as we don't want to encourage people using a distro "when it's not yet ready" though we know people still do and are having a positive experience.

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    Rebranding, Upgrading, and Wallpapering: AerynOS’ April glow-up! Announcement (aerynos.com)
     

    AerynOS has had an exciting month with a bunch of updates in April. First off, we’ve officially rolled out our new logo and color palette, part of a major rebrand for the project. The logo, inspired by a triquetra symbol, represents life, death, and rebirth, perfect for a constantly evolving OS. We’ve also partnered with ziegenmelker5 from the community to add stunning new wallpapers, bringing a fresh, nature-filled vibe to the desktop.

    On the development side, we’ve made several improvements to our core tools. Boulder, our package manager, now includes new commands like boulder cache size and boulder cache clean, helping users manage disk space more effectively. Additionally, the boulder recipe update command now automates package maintenance, making the process faster and easier for our packagers.

    Meanwhile, Moss (our package management system) is getting faster with an updated moss state prune command that now shows progress while removing states. We’ve also made the moss search feature smarter, improving how package results are grouped and displayed.

    A major ongoing project is Versioned Repositories (Phase 2). This work will eventually allow us to update AerynOS seamlessly without users having to worry about manual upgrades. We're moving toward a true "install-once, update-forever" model.

    In terms of system updates, we’ve rolled out newer packages like Python 3.14.4, GNOME 50.1, KDE Plasma 6.6.4, Firefox 150, and Rust 1.95. We also introduced three kernel options for users: the stable linux-stable 7.0, the long-term support linux-lts 6.18, and the performance-optimized linux-gaming kernel also based on linux 7.0. However, kernel switching is still a bit rough around the edges and will improve in future updates.

    Speaking of updates, we’ve just released the AerynOS 2026.05 ISO with the latest features, including the 7.0.2 stable kernel. This ISO uses our lichen installer, which requires an internet connection for installation. Unfortunately, Ventoy is currently broken for this release, but other methods like Etcher and DD work fine.

    Check out the blog post for further details and if you enjoy the work we are doing, please considering sponsoring the project!

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    AerynOS gets new branding Announcement (media.piefed.social)
     

    It may have seemed quiet around AerynOS of late, however work has been ongoing in the background on multiple fronts.

    You may have noticed the new logo for AerynOS popped up a couple of weeks ago without any real explanation. This post serves to be somewhat of an official launch!

    When SerpentOS rebranded to AerynOS last February, we needed a new logo. At the time, we invited contributions from our users and eventually settled on our old logo as a temporary measure whilst we got something for the long term. With Ikey stepping away and priorities shifting, we stuck with the old logo longer than we would have liked.

    An initial version of our new design (a version of a triquetra) was originally suggested last year as part of those contributions. Over the last few months, we have picked up the rebranding topic and worked with our community on Zulip to fine-tune the design and color scheme until we got to our final version.

    Over the course of April, the team has been updating our online presence (websites, social media pages, donation websites etc) and have now finished the transition in full. One exception is that our boot screen still shows the old logo, this will be fixed in the coming days when our kernel is next updated.

    With the logo, we have selected a new brand color palette:

    Green: Links to nature like our tooling (moss, boulder, summit, avalanche etc)

    Orange: Links to Rust which is our primary programming language

    We have a light theme variation which has a different orange for better contrast on light backgrounds.

    You can find the official assets in our branding repo: https://github.com/AerynOS/brand/

    We hope you like the new branding and this will now allow us to continue working on our new website redesign as our next background workstream.

    New official logo for AerynOS