The release of the EndeavorOS 22.6 "Atlantis" project is available, which replaced the Antergos distribution, the development of which was discontinued in May 2019 due to the lack of free time for the remaining maintainers to maintain the project at the proper level. The size of the installation image is 1.8 GB (x86_64, the assembly for ARM is being developed separately).
Endeavor OS allows the user to easily install Arch Linux with the necessary desktop in the form in which it is conceived in its regular filling, offered by the developers of the selected desktop, without additional pre-installed programs. The distribution offers a simple installer to install a basic Arch Linux environment with a default Xfce desktop and the ability to install from the repository one of the typical desktops based on Mate, LXQt, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, GNOME, Budgie, as well as i3 tile window managers, BSPWM and Sway. Work is underway to add support for Qtile and Openbox window managers, UKUI, LXDE and Deepin desktops. Also, one of the developers of the project is developing its own window manager Worm.
In the new release:
- In a separately developed build for the ARM architecture, the installation process has been improved. A new installer based on the Calamares framework has been proposed. The new installer is currently in beta testing and is only available for Odroid N2/N2+ and the Raspberry PI boards.
- Work has been done to improve the update of the main packages for ARM and x86_64 assemblies, as well as maintaining the repositories for ARM and x86_64 in a synchronized state. The ARM build is expected to become a mainstream build in the near future.
- Package versions have been updated, including Linux kernel 5.18.5, Calamares 3.2.60 installer, Firefox 101.0.1, Mesa 22.1.2, Xorg-Server 21.1.3, and nvidia-dkms 515.48.07.
- Instead of pipewire-media-session, the WirePlumber audio session manager is used to configure audio devices and control the routing of audio streams.
- In configurations with Xfce4 and i3 user environments, firewall-applet autorun is disabled by default.
- Provided the ability to roll back packages to older versions.
- Reworked Xfce installation in offline mode.
- The budgie-control-center configurator has been added to the repository for use with the Budgie custom environment.
Source: opennet.ru