EndeavourOS

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EndeavourOS
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EndeavourOS 24.6 "Neo" with KDE Plasma 6
Developer Bryan Poerwoatmodjo, Fernando Omiechuk Frozi, Johannes Kamprad, Manuel
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open-source
Initial releaseEndeavourOS 19.6 / 15 July 2019(5 years ago) (2019-07-15)
Latest release EndeavourOS Neo (ISO file) [1] / 26 September 2024(3 months ago) (2024-09-26)
Marketing target Personal computers
Update method Rolling release (Pacman)
Package manager Pacman, Yay
Platforms
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux kernel)
Default
user interface
Preceded by Antergos
Official website endeavouros.com

EndeavourOS is a Arch Linux-based, Linux distribution. EndeavourOS began as a successor to Antergos, a discontinued distribution also based on Arch Linux. [2] [3] It uses the same rolling release schedule as Arch Linux, but periodically releases updated installation media (ISO files). As of September 26, 2024, the most recent release is "Endeavour Neo". [1]

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History

EndeavourOS began as a continuation of the Antergos Linux distribution, a distribution itself based on Arch Linux, a general-purpose Linux distribution. In May 2019, Antergos' developers abruptly announced that development on the project would cease; [4] a moderator of Antergos' forums discussed the idea of maintaining the community on a new forum.[ citation needed ] The idea received support from within the community, and within a day other Antergos moderators joined the project. Development on EndeavourOS quickly began, with the team planning to create a distribution that would be close to Arch Linux with the convenience of a GUI installer, while leaving GUI Pacman wrappers such as Pamac from the out-of-box installation. The first release was in July 2019. [5]

On September 11, 2019, EndeavourOS announced that they will release an online magazine, called Discovery, to give their users some background information on Arch commands and to inform them on new packages to explore. The magazine was launched in November 2019. [6] It was later discontinued in April 2021 due to a lack of writers. [7]

EndeavourOS used to offer "community editions" providing the window managers QTile, BSPWM, Openbox and the EndeavourOS exclusive Worm, as well as the Sway Wayland compositor. These were discontinued starting with the "Galileo" release due to a lack of maintainers and were officially removed with the release of the Galileo ISO on November 20, 2023. [8]

Installation

EndeavourOS uses the Calamares system installer. While EndeavourOS was originally planned to ship with Cnchi, the net-installer used by Antergos, technical difficulties resulted in the adoption of an offline installer based on Portergos, a Linux distribution also based on Antergos, as a stop-gap until the issues could be resolved later in development. [9] After the official launch of the distribution, the EndeavourOS team began to develop a Calamares net-installer, which was expected to release in November 2019, [10] but was delayed to December. [11] The net-installer offers multiple desktop environments, window managers, driver and firmware packages, and kernels during the installation process. The net-installer also allows the user to perform an offline install with the default KDE Plasma [1] (Xfce was the former default) [8] desktop themed with EndeavourOS branding. [12]

EndeavourOS features a graphical installer, unlike the distribution it is based on, Arch Linux, where installation is typically performed manually through the command-line tool pacstrap. As such, EndeavourOS is typically marketed as a beginner-friendly alternative to Arch Linux. As the distribution is based on Arch Linux, it provides most upstream features as-is.

EndeavourOS provides access to the Arch User Repository (AUR), a collection of unofficial community-maintained source packages shipped by Arch Linux, by default through the yay package manager. [13]

See also

List of Linux distributions § Pacman-based

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lapsa, Rinalds (November 4, 2024). "Our refresh release, Endeavour Neo". EndeavourOS. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  2. ↑ Evangelho, Jason. "New Arch Linux-Based Endeavour OS Launches To Keep Spirit Of Antergos Alive". Forbes. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ "DistroWatch.com: EndeavourOS". DistroWatch. June 30, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  4. ↑ Falgout, Dustin; Filgueira, Alexandre; Castells, Gustau (May 21, 2019). "Antergos Linux Project Ends". Antergos. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  5. ↑ Bryanpwo (June 23, 2019). "Welcome to EndeavourOS". EndeavourOS. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ Bryanpwo (September 11, 2019). "Get ready for the next level". EndeavourOS. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  7. ↑ Bryanpwo (April 17, 2021). "Our April release is available". EndeavourOS. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Bryanpwo (October 10, 2023). "Our Galileo release is delayed but here are the main changes you can expect". EndeavourOS. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  9. ↑ Bryanpwo (June 3, 2019). "What to expect on the first release". Endeavour OS. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. As you know Cnchi has caused serious problems to be working outside the Antergos eco system and it needs a complete rewrite to work.
  10. ↑ Bryanpwo (November 1, 2019). "Net-installer on hold".
  11. ↑ Bryanpwo (December 23, 2019). "Liftoff for the net-installer!".
  12. ↑ "About".
  13. ↑ Bryanpwo (March 9, 2021). "yay – an AUR Helper Written in Go". Discovery.
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