Arch-based distro EndeavourOS gets a new Ganymede release

By Liam Dawe - 1 Dec 2025 at 3:17 pm UTC

Easily one of the best ways to try out a form of Arch Linux, the popular EndeavourOS has a new release with Ganymede out now. Being careful with my wording not to attract the pitchforks from the pure Arch Linux crowd, EndeavourOS is mostly Arch Linux but with a simple to use installer and some packaging tweaks to make getting up and running simple with it.

So all the fresh upgrades you get from Arch Linux, wrapped up in an easy to use package. Now and then they release a big refresh of their ISO downloads, which bring various tweaks and now after some time waiting - their latest release Ganymede has officially arrived.

Pictured - EndeavourOS Ganymede

The live environment to play around with it and install it comes with:

Calamares 25.11.1.9-1

Firefox 145.0.1-1

Linux 6.17.8.arch1-1

Mesa 1:25.2.7-1

xorg-server 21.1.20-1 (xorg)

Nvidia-utils 580.105.08-4

KDE Plasma 6.5.3

In the announcement they say it has significantly improved support for NVIDIA GPUs.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Distro News, EndeavourOS, Misc, New Release, Open Source

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scaine 49 minutes ago

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I'd LOVE to see an Arch-based distro that give us a store-like experience for updates and software installs. It's frustrating that Arch is so obtuse that even tools like Discover (KDE's appstore) is "not recommended for use with Arch-based distros".

I'm on CachyOS now and it ships with Octopi, but that has multiple problems - the interface is probably worse than Synaptic, a thing I didn't believe possible. It doesn't handle the AUR, and it doesn't know about Flatpak. CachyOS does provide a one-stop "upgrade" tool (open a terminal and type "upgrade", ha!), but no GUI exists.

It's a problem, and one that's hand-waved away by dedicated Arch users who say "just use the terminal". I'm fine doing so, but it means that I wouldn't recommend an Arch distro to anyone, ever. You try Arch, tentatively, after years of Linux exposure, and you might still bounce of it because of this.

So, yeah, so frustrating. Powerful software, like Arch, shouldn't be (this) difficult to use.

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