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| EndeavourOS | |
|---|---|
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 EndeavourOS Mercury Neo withKDE Plasma 6 | |
| Developer | Bryan Poerwoatmodjo, Fernando Omiechuk Frozi, Johannes Kamprad, Manuel |
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open-source |
| Initial release | EndeavourOS 19.6 / 15 July 2019 (6 years ago) (2019-07-15) |
| Latest release | EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo[1] / 15 January 2026 (33 days ago) (2026-01-15) |
| Marketing target | Personal computers |
| Update method | Rolling release (Pacman) |
| Package manager | Pacman, Yay |
| Supported platforms | |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Default user interface | |
| Preceded by | Antergos |
| Official website | endeavouros |
EndeavourOS is anArch Linux-basedLinux distribution or distro. EndeavourOS began as a successor toAntergos, a discontinued distribution also based on Arch Linux.[2][3] It uses the samerolling release schedule asArch Linux, but periodically releases updated installation media (ISO files). As of January 15, 2026, the most recent release is "Endeavour Ganymede Neo", bringing minor updates following the "Neo" tradition.[1]
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EndeavourOS began as a continuation of theAntergos Linux distribution, a distribution itself based onArch 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, Bryan Poerwoatmodjo, discussed the idea of maintaining the community on a new forum.[5] 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 aGUI installer, while leaving GUIPacman wrappers such as Pamac from the out-of-box installation. The first release was in July 2019.[6]
On September 11, 2019, EndeavourOS announced that they will release an online magazine, calledDiscovery, 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.[7] It was later discontinued in April 2021 due to a lack of writers.[8]
EndeavourOS used to offer "community editions" providing the window managers QTile, BSPWM,Openbox and the EndeavourOS exclusive Worm, as well as theSwayWayland 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.[9]
EndeavourOS uses theCalamaressystem installer. While EndeavourOS was originally planned to ship with Cnchi, the net-installer used byAntergos, 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.[10] 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,[11] but was delayed to December.[12] The net-installer offers multipledesktop 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 defaultKDE Plasma[1] (Xfce was the former default)[9] desktop themed with EndeavourOS branding.[13]
EndeavourOS features agraphical installer, unlike thedistribution it is based on,Arch Linux, where installation is typically performed manually through the command-line toolpacstrap. 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 theArch User Repository (AUR), a collection of unofficial community-maintained source packages shipped by Arch Linux, by default through theyay package manager.[14]
As you know Cnchi has caused serious problems to be working outside the Antergos eco system and it needs a complete rewrite to work.
