Unstable Stream Updates: 5th of July 2026

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Changes

Versioned Repositories, phase 2 landed

This set of unstable updates was a bit delayed by tarkah and ermo testing, landing (and then re-landing) the long-in-development Versioned Repositories, phase 2 feature.

The VRp2 feature lays the ground-work for us to roll out updates seamlessly across what would otherwise be invasive OS upgrades requiring manual intervention. This means that we can now begin focusing on landing smaller, well-tested, fundamental improvements to our tooling and infrastructure in an incremental fashion.

Remember to sync twice before rebooting

Due to how we have implemented the Versioned Repos, phase 2 upgrade, all you need to do to upgrade to the new repository format, is to run sudo moss sync -u twice.

The first sync in the upgrade process will look something like this:

Refreshed unstable
1 repo will be upgraded to the new repository format

Update applied to "/etc/moss/repo.d/unstable.kdl"

```diff
--- /etc/moss/repo.d/unstable.yaml
+++ /etc/moss/repo.d/unstable.kdl
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-volatile:
-  description: '...'
-  uri: https://cdn.aerynos.dev/stream/unstable/x86_64/stone.index
-  priority: 0
-  active: true
+volatile {
+    description ...
+    base-uri "https://cdn.aerynos.dev/"
+    channel main
+    version "stream/unstable"
+    arch x86_64
+    priority 0
+    active #true
+}

When you see this, simply run sudo moss sync -u again, and you will get the newest packages on the upgraded unstable stream.

Systemd packaging and user-facing changes

Reilly reworked our systemd package to ensure that manually enabling or disabling systemd units will no longer be overridden on moss package transactions.

As part of this rework, it is important to note that network interface names will change after the next reboot. Please ensure that your configurations are using the new names (IE eth0 to enp12s0)

It is also important to note that systemd-boot, systemd-coredump, systemd-homed, systemd-container, systemd-oomd, systemd-resolved, systemd-timesyncd, systemd-udev, and systemd-userdbd are now separate packages.

systemd-boot, systemd-coredump, systemd-resolved, and systemd-udev will all be installed automatically if you are using pkgsets (if you don't know what these are you are most likely using them). They will also be installed if a package you are using directly depends on them.

IMPORTANT notice re. systemd updates and pkgsets

Users who are NOT using pkgsets or who are manually using one of the aforementioned systemd packages in their install, should install them directly!

Linux 7.1.3, KDE Plasma 6.7.2

In addition to that, Reilly and Philip ended up landing KDE Plasma 6.7.0 and kernel 7.1.0 right on top of each other, which caused us some headaches initially. The early issues have thankfully been shaken out now, and we are shipping kernel 7.1.3 and KDE Plasma 6.7.2 in this unstable stream update.

Call for NVIDIA testers

If your AerynOS system has an NVIDIA GPU supported by the nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules, please get in touch with us in the NVIDIA Testing thread.

COSMIC DE 1.2.0 and GNOME 50.3

In addition to the above, we have also landed COSMIC DE 1.2.0 and a smattering of GNOME 50.3 related stuff, alongside a long list of smaller package updates.

Highlights

• COSMIC DE 1.2.0
• GNOME 50.3
• KDE Gear 26.04.3
• KDE Plasma 6.7.2
• firefox 152.0.4
• git 2.55.0
• linux-firmware 20260622
• linux-lts 6.18.38
• linux-stable/-gaming 7.1.3
• mesa 26.1.4
• pipewire 1.6.7
• rust 1.96.1
• scx-scheds 1.1.2
• sdl3 3.4.12
• systemd package rework
• thunderbird 152.0
• upower 1.91.3
• wine 11.12
• wireplumber 0.5.15

Other updates

Other updates include, but are not limited to:

• bcachefs 1.38.8
• bluez 5.87
• curl 8.21.0
• docker 29.6.1
• docker-compose 5.3.0
• faugus-launcher 1.22.7
• gnupg 2.5.21
• go-task 3.52.0
• hwdata 0.409
• jpegxl 0.12.0
• jujutsu 0.43.0
• libseccomp 2.6.1
• libva 2.24.0
• libvirt 12.5.0
• nano 9.1
• neovim 0.12.4
• nushell 0.114.0
• openvpn 2.7.5
• php 8.5.8
• poppler 26.07.0
• rssguard 5.2.1
• sccache 0.16.0
• solaar 1.1.20
• strawberry 1.2.21
• sudo-rs 0.2.14
• tmux 3.7b
• unrar 7.2.7
• vim 9.2.0780
• vscode-bin 1.127.0
• zoxide 0.10.0
• zulip 5.12.4 (Note that the desktop file was renamed and so if you have this pinned you'll need to re-pin it)

Fixes

• Fix graphviz not loading plugins correctly.
• Fix bcachefs failing to detect kernel features causing it to use slower code.
• Fix extra kernel modules failing to generate BTF information. This may improve the sleeping situation for Nvidia users.
• Fix potential issue with Mutter that could cause log spam and high CPU.

New packages

• croc 10.4.7 (CLI utility to securely transfer files between two computers)
• dua-cli 2.37.1 (ncdu-like CLI disk usage analyser written in Rust)
• dust 1.2.4 (du-like CLI disk usage analyser also written in Rust)
• plasma-bigscreen 6.7.2 (TV-oriented UI for plasma desktop)
• plasma-vault 6.7.2 (GUI app for creating encrypted file-backed vaults)

Full git changelog

As usual, there are many other minor updates not mentioned as the list would get too long. You can see the full changelog here:

AerynOS/recipes@78e3e2f...daa44ae

How to Contribute

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How to sponsor us

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Thank you!

Thank you to all our supporters and contributors. You are making a difference! ❤️