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AerynOS Repository Update: 4th November 2025
Following on from our recent ISO refresh which included it's own repository sync, we have our next weekly sync which some nice additions. We have landed some pretty important updates across the repo and across our DEs. The highlights are as follows:
- Kernel 6.17
- Rust 1.91
- ICU 78.1
- Plasma 6.5.2
- Cosmic Beta 4
- Nvidia driver 580.105.08
- More rebuilds as part of the libstdc transition
- Fish 4.1
- Wine 10.18 along with work so that it automatically handles Windows executables and loads the ntsync kernel moduleNew Apps:
- nextcloud-client
- ydotool
- vscodiumFor a more detailed list of updates, you can head over to GitHub:
In our last blog post, we recently highlighted a renewed effort around donations, if you are able to support the project, it would be greatly appreciated via our Ko-Fi page (https://ko-fi.com/aerynos).
As ever, if you want to get in touch, feel free to join us on Matrix (https://matrix.to/#/#aerynos:matrix.org) or on our GitHub Discussions (https://github.com/orgs/AerynOS/discussions/99)
#Linux #OpenSource #AerynOS #DistroDevelopment #DistroNews #Rust #CosmicDE #ICU #Plasma #Wine
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Our last iso was released in March. We have delivered a lot since then and are currently working towards our next iso release:
* Rebuilt infra in Rust
* Rebuilt our entire repo multiple times and have consistently been increasing our repo size (whilst still consciously keeping it small and focused)
* Accelerated our repo with CDN for faster downloads
* Improving our tooling (moss and boulder)
* KDE Plasma now packaged up in our repo
* Started utilising package sets
* Continued efforts on our documentation site
* Virt-manager now in our repo
* Working on packagekit integration (Gnome Software and KDE Discover)
* And so much more...To succeed in building a Linux distribution from scratch, we need our infrastructure and tooling to be a solid foundation for us.
Whilst we have been incrementally improving on all aspects of our code base in recent months, moving forwards, we will be spending more of our development time on these areas to flesh our existing and new functionality.
A lot of the work since March has been putting us on stronger footing to move our project forward. This has allowed us to open the doors to new contributors and interesting developers.
If you're at all interested in Linux distribution development or more generally in Rust projects, please feel welcome to drop by our Matrix space (https://matrix.to/#/#aerynos:matrix.org) or our GitHub organisation (https://github.com/AerynOS).
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In our recent blog post, we highlighted how our old repo (the one supplied in the AerynOS 25.03 iso) has been sunset and a new CDN accelerated repo has been put in its place.
Until our next iso is released, the guide to manually transition can be found at https://github.com/orgs/AerynOS/discussions/53
This CDN backed repo was synced from volatile last night so includes so nice updates over the last week such as:
KDE Plasma 6.4.3
Gnome 48.3
Inclusion of virt-manager -
Wow, I've been really out of touch with the progress of my preferred GNU/Linux distro. Trisquel 11 "Aramo" came out in late March, one year after the Ubuntu LTS release it's based off, so the crew can support it with security updates from upstream for 4 years:
https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-110-aramo-release-announcement
Big thanks to everyone who gives work and/ or funds to this 100% free-as-in-freedom OS. Make yourself a boot USB and give it a try!