The release of the EndeavorOS 22.12 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 1.9 GB (x86_64, the assembly for ARM is being developed separately).
Endeavour OS allows users to install Arch without any complications. Linux with the required desktop as it is designed, with its standard configuration offered by the developers of the chosen desktop, without any additional preinstalled programs. The distribution offers a simple installer for installing the basic Arch environment. Linux With the Xfce desktop by default and the option to install one of the standard desktops from the repository, including Mate, LXQt, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, GNOME, and Budgie, as well as the tiled window managers i3, BSPWM, and Sway. Work is underway to add support for the Qtile and Openbox window managers, as well as the UKUI, LXDE, and Deepin desktops. One of the project's developers is developing their own window manager, Worm.
In the new release:
- Updated package versions, including kernel Linux 6.0.12, Firefox 108.0.1, Mesa 22.3.1, Xorg-Server 21.1.5, nvidia-dkms 525.60.11, Grub 2:2.06.r403.g7259d55ff. The Calamares installer has been updated to release 3.3.0-alpha3.
- A choice of installed bootloaders (systemd-boot or GRUB) is provided, as well as the ability to install a system without a bootloader (use a bootloader already installed by another system).
- Dracut is used to create initramfs images instead of mkinitcpio. Of the advantages of Dracut, the ability to automatically determine the necessary modules and work without separate configuration is noted.
- Addition of a boot item to the grub and systemd-boot boot menu has been ensured. Windows, if this OS is installed in parallel on the computer.
- Added the ability to create a new disk partition for EFI, instead of using one already created in another OS.
- The GRUB bootloader has submenu support enabled by default.
- Cinnamon uses the Qogir set instead of the adwaita pictograms.
- GNOME uses Gnome-text-editor and Console instead of gedit and gnome-terminal
- The Qogir icon set and arc GTK theme are used in udgie, and Nemo is used instead of the Nautilus file manager.
- Added support for the Pinebook Pro laptop in the ARM architecture build. A linux-eos-arm kernel package has been proposed, including the amdgpu kernel module, which may be required in devices such as the Phytiuim D2000. Added boot images compatible with Raspberry Pi Imager and dd utilities. Improved script to work on server systems without a monitor. Added vulkan-panfrost and vulkan-mesa-layers packages for Odroid N2+ boards.
Source: opennet.ru
