AerynOS has had an exciting month with a bunch of updates in April. First off, we’ve officially rolled out our new logo and color palette, part of a major rebrand for the project. The logo, inspired by a triquetra symbol, represents life, death, and rebirth, perfect for a constantly evolving OS. We’ve also partnered with ziegenmelker5 from the community to add stunning new wallpapers, bringing a fresh, nature-filled vibe to the desktop.

On the development side, we’ve made several improvements to our core tools. Boulder, our package manager, now includes new commands like boulder cache size and boulder cache clean, helping users manage disk space more effectively. Additionally, the boulder recipe update command now automates package maintenance, making the process faster and easier for our packagers.

Meanwhile, Moss (our package management system) is getting faster with an updated moss state prune command that now shows progress while removing states. We’ve also made the moss search feature smarter, improving how package results are grouped and displayed.

A major ongoing project is Versioned Repositories (Phase 2). This work will eventually allow us to update AerynOS seamlessly without users having to worry about manual upgrades. We’re moving toward a true “install-once, update-forever” model.

In terms of system updates, we’ve rolled out newer packages like Python 3.14.4, GNOME 50.1, KDE Plasma 6.6.4, Firefox 150, and Rust 1.95. We also introduced three kernel options for users: the stable linux-stable 7.0, the long-term support linux-lts 6.18, and the performance-optimized linux-gaming kernel also based on linux 7.0. However, kernel switching is still a bit rough around the edges and will improve in future updates.

Speaking of updates, we’ve just released the AerynOS 2026.05 ISO with the latest features, including the 7.0.2 stable kernel. This ISO uses our lichen installer, which requires an internet connection for installation. Unfortunately, Ventoy is currently broken for this release, but other methods like Etcher and DD work fine.

Check out the blog post for further details and if you enjoy the work we are doing, please considering sponsoring the project!