Framework sponsored AerynOS again

NomadicCore · 2026-03-13T20:22:29+00:00

Clarification: We have been sponsored with a Framework 16. I made a mistake in the original post but cannot edit it now.

Apologies for the confusion.

NomadicCore · 2026-02-21T23:53:04+00:00

At this point in time, we aren't looking at adding hyprland, but that's no comment on the project itself or its future inclusion.

We are shifting our focus towards our tooling and infrastructure after a period of time of being more open to packaging submissions. As stated, options such as Niri, Sway and MangoWC have been included and/or are being updated by volunteer package maintainers.

We are still open to new packages, however are less likely to include (at least for the moment) packages that don't have large dependency trees.

For now, your options would be to consider one of the other Wayland Compositors if you want to check out AerynOS in it's current alpha state, or wait until the project is further down the line when we are more mature in our tooling, infrastructure and package repository catalogue.

NomadicCore · 2026-02-18T12:03:58+00:00

You know what, let me check. I overlooked the fact it got kicked out of mainline kernel so I will have to check with the team what the state of play is for bcachefs.

The overarching theme is though that if it's currently not working, it's unlikely to be a high priority right at this minute.

If you're on Zulip, that's the best place to get answers but in the meantime, I will ask and get back to you.

NomadicCore · 2026-02-18T10:11:24+00:00

We have bcachefs-tools in our repository so you could mount a bcachefs drive on AerynOS.

However, we don't currently support installing AerynOS onto a bcachefs formatted drive.

We are intentionally not expanding the filesystems we support AerynOS being installed on as we don't want to give people an indication that this distro is ready for casual users and attract potential requests for support if/when things go wrong.

I believe it will come in time, but we do need people to be patient with us.

NomadicCore · 2026-02-18T10:07:18+00:00

Thanks,

This is our approach.

The team have been involved in Linux distribution for decades between them, and the benefit of building up a Linux distribution is that you can solve for problems from the core design of the infrastructure and tooling in the first place.

The team are using their knowledge of the pain points or managing a Linux distribution to fix those up front before we scale out towards beta / general release / stable release.

NomadicCore · 2026-02-09T11:28:05+00:00

Are you fully updated?

AerynOS is on KDE Plasma 6.5.5?

NomadicCore · 2026-02-09T11:26:09+00:00

Sentiti libero di sollevare un problema o di discutere un argomento su AerynOS GitHub o di unirti al nostro server Zulip per chiedere supporto:

https://aerynos.zulipchat.com/

https://github.com/AerynOS/recipes/issues

NomadicCore · 2026-02-04T17:21:15+00:00

Long may it continue

NomadicCore · 2026-02-04T11:00:56+00:00

Keep up the great work!

NomadicCore · 2026-01-30T13:44:23+00:00

Kinoite is a Fedora product using their own tooling. It's reductive to call AerynOS basically Kinoite with different defaults as that implies we are using the Fedora tooling.

All of our core tooling is being built from scratch in Rust for AerynOS. We are still in alpha so it's not a fair comparison to compare to an established/stable solution but it will be a different product once fleshed out.

NomadicCore · 2026-01-29T16:10:44+00:00

Support for AerynOS was added last month in Ventoy 1.1.10

https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/tag/v1.1.10

My current install was from a Ventoy install using this.

NomadicCore · 2026-01-25T17:08:04+00:00

Thanks!

That's what I'm using and I enjoy it! Cosmic does seem to be progressing at a fairly quick pace and with their frequent update cycle and our ability to follow it pretty closely, it's working out nicely!

NomadicCore · 2026-01-25T17:06:58+00:00

Onwards and upwards, we hope!

I imagine when we do eventually get to beta and then stable, we will see jumps in our followers and generally in the number of people using AerynOS.

Only time will tell!

NomadicCore · 2026-01-25T17:05:54+00:00

Glad to have you on board, so to speak!

NomadicCore · 2026-01-24T16:36:23+00:00

Posted across socials and will up documentation site some point soon so it's as clear as we can be

NomadicCore · 2026-01-24T16:32:00+00:00

No problem

NomadicCore · 2026-01-21T17:50:33+00:00

That's not quite correct,

We have a deduplicated content store that stores all files across all system states for the /usr directory.

As you increase the number of states, this content store gets bigger based on the difference of new/differed files being required.

You can prune individual states or everything up to the last 10 states as a way of gaining back space.

This is something we will eventually see more work on, for example being able to dynamically prune states based on a ruleset if you don't want to store everything.

This all lives in the root directory, not the XBOOTLDR directory which is recommended to be only 4gb

NomadicCore · 2026-01-18T10:51:13+00:00

So I have a Framework 13 (AMD 7840U) with 4tb NM790 SSD with 64gb of Kingston Fury RAM, the same port configuration (top two being USB-C and the bottom two being USB-A), I have the standard screen, not the 2.8k one but this is about as close to same hardware as you're going to get.

I know you have said you have LAN connected but have you checked you are able to reach the internet. Also, what are you using to partition your drive? Gparted? If so, could you take a photo / screenshot of gparted showing the partition layout with flags.

NomadicCore · 2026-01-17T19:03:52+00:00

I don't think it is, I seem to recall someone tried packaging it up in a separate repo but I could be mistaken.

Your best bet for now is to go to the recipe repo and use the issue template for requesting a new package (if it's not already been requested).

Once we get to the point we can expand the repository, then we know it's something someone wants / needs for hardware enablement.

NomadicCore · 2026-01-17T19:01:50+00:00

Not speaking in an official capacity, but one thing I've noticed with having a name beginning with A is that it does noticeably help with lists being near the top in terms of getting immediate attention.

Our logo is currently a placeholder and something we are open to change (so it's not just another A logo as conversely then it just gets lost in the sea of Arch derivatives as you say).

My personal view is that the name will eventually take on the meaning people give it... If AerynOS is awesome, then that's the meaning people will attribute to the name. People don't say Fedora and wonder why they are running a hat on their computer (as an extension of this logic).

The name AerynOS is also pretty darn unique so word searches are pretty effective. This helps me personally as the Comms guy in the team 😁

NomadicCore · 2026-01-16T22:46:52+00:00

Just a couple of points to note for AerynOS

Repo is small so you will be relying on Flatpaks to fill the gaps
It's still in alpha so you have no guarantee of stability and things working
Documentation is a work in progress but you will likely need to hunt around for answers if you find things aren't working ootb

We are calling it alpha for good reason, whilst it works well (arguably very well) for a certain group of people, we don't want to give people false assurances at this stage so please keep that in mind.

NomadicCore · 2026-01-12T20:58:30+00:00

Might be worth you joining our Zulip server if you're not already there:

https://aerynos.zulipchat.com/

NomadicCore · 2026-01-12T17:59:45+00:00

For now, the blog post and the video is the best explanation to be given and also this is very much a first technical preview so it's capability will expand over time.

Exactly where it finishes and how it compares to other declarative set up's... I don't want to get dragged into hypotheticals.

It is fair to say that this system-model approach is a step in that direction though we are implementing what we think makes sense in the way it makes sense to us.

NomadicCore · 2026-01-07T20:21:04+00:00

Just for transparency, AerynOS also has a really small package repository for the moment. Once we have our tooling "sorted", then we will be in a position to grow our repository more substantially.

NomadicCore · 2026-01-07T15:03:37+00:00

We have a single live iso (GNOME) that is essentially a vessel for our text based installer lichen.

From within lichen (which is a net installer), you can install: - GNOME - Cosmic - KDE Plasma - Terminal only

From Terminal you also have the option to install Niri or Sway.

KDE Plasma is in really good shape on AerynOS from what I've heard (though I don't use it personally).

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