EndeavourOS Mercury has arrived months after the previous version, which was codenamed Neo. In addition to telling us about the new features of this new release, its developers have talked about the time that has passed since the availability of the last ISO. There were several problems to solve, but these have not been the culprits. To sum up, a key collaborator of the project has less time due to her studies, so it is expected that the releases of new images will arrive less frequently.
But this It shouldn't be a big problem to keep the software always up to date.EndeavourOS is more or less Arch Linux, but with everything you need installed so that anyone can use the operating system after a clean installation. Once installed, new packages will continue to arrive regularly. The only difference is that the images with all the new stuff will arrive at a later time.
What's new in EndeavourOS Mercury
- Squid 25.02.1.4-3.
- Firefox 135.0-1.
- Linux 6.13.1.arch2-1.
- Table 1:24.3.4-1.
- Xorg-server 21.1.15-1 (xorg).
- NVIDIA 570.86.16-3.
- The ISO now has a memory test for EFI as well.
- The issue with Bios/Legacy installations has been resolved.
- KDE, GNOME, XFCE4, Mate, Budgie and Cinnamon use a dark theme by default.
- The XFCE4 theme is now closer to the default (Xfce) configuration.
- GNOME sets dark and light wallpapers when switching modes automatically.
- Replacing empty space with “Replace Partition” option works again.
- The installer showing double entries for the EFI selection dropdown is resolved.
- EndeavourOS Branding is easier to find and use for artists and media use. → https://github.com/endeavouros-team/Branding.
- Both mirrorlists sorted now before installation will be copied to the destination.
For existing users, everything that comes with Mercury will already be installed by performing regular updates. For new installations, the images are in your official website.