EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo

After a major update released for EndeavourOS late last year, a new refresh is out with Ganymede Neo with a big tweak for NVIDIA GPU owners.

What is EndeavourOS? A Linux distribution based on Arch-Linux. It's as close as possible to a vanilla Arch install, but makes things a lot simpler to get going. A distribution aimed at more intermediate Linux users. Compared with the major Ganymede release from last year, the Neo update is mainly updating core components along with a few tweaks to get a new download out. All part of making it the best possible install for new users.

Pictured - EndeavourOS

It's now shipping with:

• Calamares 26.01.1.5-1
• Firefox 146.0.1-1
• Linux 6.18.4.arch1-1
• Mesa 1:25.3.3-2
• Xorg-server 21.1.21-1 (xorg)
• Nvidia-utils 590.48.01-2

Plus some bug fixes they noted in the release announcement:

• The long startup time issue with Calamares has been resolved.
• The package Nemo preview was removed from the default package bundle for Cinnamon and Budgie during installation due to its removal from the Arch repository.
• Starting with this release, the NVIDIA proprietary drivers have been switched to nvidia-open due to the upstream changes to NVIDIA drivers: https://archlinux.org/news. As a result, the proprietary option now only supports Turing GPUs(16xx) and later. Earlier NVIDIA GPUs are still supported using the default boot option, which will use the Nouveau open-source drivers.

Going by Valve's latest data EndeavourOS makes up around 2.12% of Linux gamers on Steam.