AerynOS, the independent Linux distribution built around atomic updates and its own modern system tooling, has rolled out a new batch of updates to its Unstable stream.
The August update brings GNOME 50.4 and KDE Plasma 6.7.4 to the desktop, along with KDE Frameworks 6.29. Many core software packages have also been updated, such as Mesa 26.1.7, FFmpeg 9.0.1, GStreamer 1.28.6, Python 3.14.7, Perl 5.44, Go 1.26.6, and Wine 11.15.
The kernel also includes important changes. Developers fixed an AMDGPU brightness bug that affected Linux 7.1.6 and 7.1.7, and the fix is now in Linux 7.1.8. Both the stable and gaming kernels now use 7.1.8, while the LTS kernel is based on Linux 6.18.44. Updates have also been made to Linux firmware, Intel microcode, and AMD microcode packages.
Support for the Broadcom STA wireless driver has been added as well, and Kmscon is now enabled by default for virtual terminals accessed with Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F6.
Unlike the kernel’s built-in terminal, kmscon uses the DRM kernel modesetting driver and supports full Unicode rendering with FreeType. The first virtual terminal is still reserved for graphical greeters, but users without one can launch Sway directly with kmscon-launch-gui sway.
The distro’s moss package manager has received a few fixes as well. According to the project, these address several corner cases related to its newer native reflink strategy, along with a bug that caused file descriptors to leak when using the native hardlink strategy.
The August release also includes Firefox 153.0.4, Thunderbird 153.0.3, NVIDIA 610.57.04 drivers, Flatpak 1.18.1, Docker 29.7.2, Dracut 112, Fastfetch 2.67.1, and many other updated packages. The repositories also include new versions of gaming, desktop, and developer tools.
Beyond the software updates, AerynOS introduced new pull request templates to clarify its expectations for package contributors. More importantly, PRs introducing completely new packages will now be accepted only after a corresponding Package Request has been submitted and approved.
Finally, the team fixed several recipe issues that stopped Repology from correctly reading some AerynOS packages. As a result, the package tracking service now lists the distribution again.
For additional details, see the announcement.
