AerynOS Issues First Development Update & New ISOs In Three Months
AerynOS released its first development update in over three months, accompanied by new ISO images. The update includes infrastructure improvements, experimental OpenZFS support, and upgraded hardware compatibility with the Linux 7.1 kernel and NVIDIA R610 driver. Several core packages such as COSMIC, KDE Plasma, PHP, QEMU, and Wine have also been updated.
- ▪The development team announced a new update and ISO releases after a three‑month gap.
- ▪Infrastructure work focused on enhancing build and package tooling for a more stable foundation.
- ▪Experimental support for the OpenZFS file system was added to the distribution.
- ▪Wayland integration and hardware support were improved by moving to the Linux 7.1 stable kernel and adding the NVIDIA R610 driver.
- ▪Key packages like COSMIC 1.5, KDE Plasma 6.7.3, PHP 8.5.9, QEMU 11.0.3, and Wine 11.14 were updated.
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AerynOS Issues First Development Update & New ISOs In Three Months Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 2 August 2026 at 08:23 PM EDT. Add A Comment 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. AerynOS developers have been focusing on ensuring a solid foundation for their Linux distribution and furthering their vision around Linux distribution development. AerynOS developers have continued enhancing their build/package tooling and other infrastructure work.
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