Changes There has been a lot happening in the aerynOS packaging space over the last couple of weeks, with hundreds of commits landing in the recipes repository since our last stream update. Over and a...

Changes This set of unstable stream updates closes out the repository wide rebuild efforts. Particular attention was paid to optimising packages with LTO, PGO and BOLT for improved performance. The ...

aerynOS shares its August 2026 progress, including a rewritten Lichen TUI installer, Btrfs support, and a repository-wide rebuild covering over 1,700 recipes.

AerynOS rolls out its August updates with GNOME 50.4, KDE Plasma 6.7.4, Linux 7.1.8, Broadcom Wi-Fi support, and kmscon enabled by default.

Changes This stream update saw a wide variety of package updates, and the addition of a couple of new Trusted Maintainers, @Jaredy899 and @K1ngfish3r, who some of you may be familiar with already f...

AerynOS 2026.08 independently developed distro is now available for download with GNOME 50.3, KDE Plasma 6.7.3, COSMIC 1.5, and Linux 7.1.

It's been just over three months since the last AerynOS development update and new ISO spin but fortunately that's been succeeded today by a new development update and ISO images. AerynOS development remains strong and ongoing with many changes to be found in this latest from-scratch Linux distribution release...

The new AerynOS installation image adds experimental OpenZFS data-drive support, systemd 261.2, and the latest repository changes.

AerynOS rolls out a new unstable update featuring Linux kernel 7.1.5, COSMIC Desktop 1.5, Mesa 26.1.6, systemd 260.4, and more.

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...

Changes Hot on the heels of the big July 5th Stream Update, this smaller update comes with a range of fixes and updates. NVIDIA Driver updates and testing We have landed the NVIDIA driver 610.43.03...

AerynOS’ latest Unstable Stream update brings Versioned Repositories phase 2, systemd packaging changes, Linux kernel 7.1, Plasma 6.7.2, and more.

Changes Versioned Repositories, phase 2 landed This set of unstable updates was a bit delayed by tarkah and ermo testing, landing (and then re-landing) the long-in-development Versioned Repositorie...

Changes This set of unstable updates was dominated by 4 kernel updates arriving hot on the heels of each other due to security-related disclosures. Hence, our kernel version went from 7.0.7 to 7.0....

AerynOS 2026.05 arrives with refreshed branding, GNOME 50.1, KDE Plasma 6.6.4, COSMIC 1.0.11, and Linux kernel 7.0.2.

AerynOS 2026.05 independent distro is now available for download with GNOME 50.1, KDE Plasma 6.6.4, Linux kernel 7.0, and more.

AerynOS, the Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS, is out with a new monthly ISO refresh and details on other recent improvements to this original, from-scratch Linux distribution...

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AerynOS has made a quiet logo change as part of a broader refresh of the project’s visual presentation.

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Changes This set of unstable updates rolls up a few separate update pushes: The first set of changes related to the 2026.03 ISO release We upgraded our Python stack from Python 3.11 to 3.14 with th...

AerynOS March alpha ISO brings GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6.3, Linux kernel 6.18, and tooling improvements across moss and boulder.

AerynOS March alpha ISO brings GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6.3, Linux kernel 6.18, and tooling improvements across moss and boulder.

AerynOS 2026.03 is now available as the newest release of this from-scratch Linux distribution originally known as Serpent OS. With this month's update comes GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6.3, and various Wayland compositor updates alongside other software improvements...