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AerynOS Delivers December Updates With New Alpha ISO

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 10, 2025,

updated Dec 10, 2025

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AerynOS, an atomic-update-based (not to be confused with immutability) still-in-development Linux distro currently in alpha, has shared its latest project update for December 2025.

The distro released its latest Alpha ISO, version 2025.12. This GNOME-based live environment includes Linux kernel 6.17.10 and uses the Lichen installer, which still requires a network connection to fetch pkgsets during installation.

The update brings COSMIC Beta9, GNOME 49.2, KDE Plasma 6.5.4, KDE Frameworks 6.20, and KDE Gear 25.08.2, alongside updates to core tools such as the Bash shell, Mesa with Vulkan anti-lag, LLVM, Buildah, Docker, OpenVPN, SCX schedulers, Vim, Wine, Zed, and more.

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AerynOS 2025.12 Released with GNOME 49.2, Mesa 25.3, and KDE Plasma 6.5.4

AerynOS 2025.12 GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download with the GNOME 49.2 desktop environment, GNU/Linux kernel 6.17, and more. Here’s what’s new!