# Announcements **URL:** https://aerynos.discourse.group/c/annoucements/5.md [Latest](https://aerynos.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://aerynos.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://aerynos.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [About the Announcements category](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/about-the-announcements-category/10)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/about-the-announcements-category/10 "2026-07-23T11:22:51Z")
Get the latest news and information about aerynOS including steam updates and other important announcements. --- ## [Unstable Stream Updates: 22nd October 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-updates-22nd-october-2026/129)
**Author:** [@ermo](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/ermo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-updates-22nd-october-2026/129 "2026-10-23T03:21:01Z")
Upcoming moss Changes Status: Almost Ready. Not landed yet. Please be advised that in one of the upcoming Unstable Stream Updates (so not the present one), moss will see some fairly big changes to its Command Line Inter… --- ## [Unstable Stream Updates: 14th October 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-updates-14th-october-2026/113)
**Author:** [@ermo](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/ermo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-updates-14th-october-2026/113 "2026-10-18T10:36:22Z")
Upcoming moss Changes Status: Work in Progress. Not landed yet. Please be advised that in one of the upcoming Unstable Stream Updates (so not the present one), moss will see some fairly big changes to its Command Line I… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 9th October 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-9th-october-2026/112)
**Author:** [@ermo](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/ermo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-9th-october-2026/112 "2026-10-09T18:26:35Z")
Upcoming moss Changes Status: Work in Progress. Not landed yet. Please be advised that in one of the upcoming Unstable Stream Updates (so not the present one), moss will see some fairly big changes to its Command Line I… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 3rd October 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-3rd-october-2026/106)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-3rd-october-2026/106 "2026-10-03T21:57:19Z")
Changes It’s been another busy couple of weeks for aerynOS, with a lot of work landing across the stack. COSMIC DE 1.9.0 has landed in the unstable stream, bringing the latest improvements from the COSMIC team. It’s par… --- ## [In response to allegations against the aerynOS team](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/in-response-to-allegations-against-the-aerynos-team/96)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/in-response-to-allegations-against-the-aerynos-team/96 "2026-10-03T07:06:52Z")
There has recently been renewed public discussion about the history of aerynOS and the circumstances surrounding Ikey’s departure from the project. We have deliberately kept the circumstances surrounding that period pri… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 23rd September 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-23rd-september-2026/102)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-23rd-september-2026/102 "2026-09-23T18:44:01Z")
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 above the usual packa… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 13th September 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-13th-september-2026/99)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-13th-september-2026/99 "2026-09-15T17:53:30Z")
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 LLVM stack has been … --- ## [A community that works together, builds together](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/a-community-that-works-together-builds-together/83)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/a-community-that-works-together-builds-together/83 "2026-09-01T07:52:33Z")
Hey all, Check out the latest blog post for aerynOS! --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 17th August 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-17th-august-2026/79)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-17th-august-2026/79 "2026-08-19T13:05:06Z")
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 from their friendly tips a… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 31st July 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-31st-july-2026/69)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-31st-july-2026/69 "2026-08-14T08:51:48Z")
Changes This set of unstable stream updates predominately consists of various package updates, including Linux 7.1.5 and COSMIC DE 1.5.0. Thank you to the packagers who joined us in our update spree this past week! KDE … --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 23rd July 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-23rd-july-2026/68)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-23rd-july-2026/68 "2026-08-14T08:51:26Z")
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 1.97.1. Kernel update… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 10th July 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-10th-july-2026/67)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-10th-july-2026/67 "2026-08-14T08:51:02Z")
Changes Hot on the heels of the latest unstable stream update a mere two days ago, we’re landing yet another round of new stuff hot off the proverbial press. Systemd upgraded to 259.7 We have upgraded from systemd 258.9… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 8th July 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-8th-july-2026/66)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-8th-july-2026/66 "2026-08-14T08:50:37Z")
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 version in the repos.… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 5th July 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-5th-july-2026/65)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-5th-july-2026/65 "2026-08-14T08:49:57Z")
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 Repositories, phase 2 feature. Th… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 11th June 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-11th-june-2026/64)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-11th-june-2026/64 "2026-08-14T08:48:16Z")
Changes A nice round of updates this time around, but we’ll keep it short and sweet, and instead list the goodies under the headers below. Please help us thank Reilly for all the work he does to keep the AerynOS stack s… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 25th May 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-25th-may-2026/63)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-25th-may-2026/63 "2026-08-14T08:47:46Z")
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 7.0.10 in just two weeks. I… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 12th May 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-12th-may-2026/62)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-12th-may-2026/62 "2026-08-14T08:47:21Z")
Changes Hot on the heels of our 2026.05.2 ISO release, this set of unstable updates contains a few larger stack updates: We updated our GCC stack to 16.1. Reilly remarked that, so far, this has been a pretty smooth upd… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 12th April 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-12th-april-2026/61)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-12th-april-2026/61 "2026-08-14T08:46:43Z")
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 the associated package … --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 25th March 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-25th-march-2026/60)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-25th-march-2026/60 "2026-08-14T08:46:11Z")
Changes This round of updates was dominated by the landing of LLVM 22 and GNOME 50. For good measure, @ReillyBrogan also threw in KDE Plasma 6.6.3 and Mesa 26.0.3. In other words: There were a lot of builds and rebuilds. … --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 11th March 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-11th-march-2026/59)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-11th-march-2026/59 "2026-08-14T08:45:43Z")
Changes This Stream Update first and foremost saw updates to KDE Plasma 6.6 and KDE Gear 25.12, landed by @ReillyBrogan. To avoid churn and driver woes, we have stayed on the 6.18 LTS series kernel for the time being. T… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 26th-28th February 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-26th-28th-february-2026/58)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-26th-28th-february-2026/58 "2026-08-14T08:45:13Z")
Changes This set of unstable updates was dominated by @ReillyBrogan landing KDE Plasma 6.6, in addition to a fair few other stack updates. He got 6.6.0 landed for testing just after it was released by upstream, but we de… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 11th February 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-11th-february-2026/57)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-11th-february-2026/57 "2026-08-14T08:44:43Z")
Changes This set of unstable stream updates has more more tooling updates than usual, including both features and refactors. Boulder Our package build tool, Boulder, gained the ability to verify newly rebuilt manifests … --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 30th January 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-30th-january-2026/56)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-30th-january-2026/56 "2026-08-14T08:44:03Z")
Changes @ReillyBrogan was away for a spell, so this update is a little bit lighter than usual. Somehow, he still found the time to do a fair few updates this cycle, including some docker, golang and Rust toolchain update… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 17th+18th January 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-17th-18th-january-2026/55)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-17th-18th-january-2026/55 "2026-08-14T08:43:24Z")
Changes This week, we waited a little longer to do our Unstable Stream Update because COSMIC DE 1.0.2 and KDE Plasma 6.5.5 came out alongside Linux 6.18.5, which were all duly landed. In addition, @ReillyBrogan also did… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 6th January 2026](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-6th-january-2026/54)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-6th-january-2026/54 "2026-08-14T08:42:52Z")
Changes This Unstable Stream Update is the first since our 2025 in retrospect blog post. Things have been fairly quiet on the package update front since the last update, though we have had a few new contributors push pa… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 27th December 2025](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-27th-december-2025/53)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-27th-december-2025/53 "2026-08-14T08:41:50Z")
Changes KMSCon user-space Linux Console feature This set of unstable updates was dominated by trying to land KMSCon and enabling it by default. However, we learned rather quickly that this would cause undesirable behavi… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 12th+13th December 2025](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-12th-13th-december-2025/52)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-12th-13th-december-2025/52 "2026-08-14T08:41:22Z")
This is our first Unstable Stream Update delivered via our newly upgraded infra that supports Versioned Repositories, and we’re pretty excited about it! As part of this change, it is perhaps worth highlighting that we s… --- ## [Unstable Stream Update: 5th December 2025](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-5th-december-2025/51)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/unstable-stream-update-5th-december-2025/51 "2026-08-14T08:40:55Z")
Changes This Unstable Stream update took a bit longer than usual to come together, and brings several interesting changes and updates highlighted below. What do you mean by “Unstable Stream”? We are preparing to land a … --- ## [Repository Update: 26th November 2025](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/repository-update-26th-november-2025/50)
**Author:** [@khaga87](https://aerynos.discourse.group/u/khaga87)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/repository-update-26th-november-2025/50 "2026-08-14T08:40:26Z")
This week, we tweaked things so Qt/Kwin (the KDE Window Manager and Compositor) now run the rendering loop more frequently which should improve animations on displays running at more than 60fps. We also fixed a vexing do… [Next page](https://aerynos.discourse.group/c/annoucements/5.md?page=1)