LunarXG

This is the news for Jan 2026. From now on every month we'll have a news post for progress update. NVIDIA is coming to LXG NVIDIA will be available in the upcoming #3 release of LXGT, utilizing  nvis . However, there will be no ISO with preinstalled drivers. Reworking how we maintain system sources and tools We're considering updating the system via dpkg. As you may know, we don't have such luxury of having our own Debian repo, and thus need to update the system in other ways.  Most of the time we need to update our tools (nvis and sysu, and some more), sometimes rewriting the repo. So we've been thinking of jamming all the updates to a .deb file, then sysu can check for system updates and download and install if needed. On Open Gaming Collective (OGC) We've received news that our (one-sided) partner PikaOS have joined OGC, an organization aims to make Linux gaming better. OGC have their own kernel, which is based on SteamOS' kernel (I'll talk about this lat...

 Changelog: - sysu is now available - newer packages That's all. Happy holidays! https://sourceforge.net/projects/lunarxg/files/weekly-image/

 It was last month when we last teased about the new ISO release. Now, let's make it reality.  The new LunarXG Rolling ISO will be released between 27-31/12. It will features QoL updates, newer packages as well as some crucial system changes. Also, we're still working on Repologist, albeit not being active. The backend needs to be rewritten, as well as adding the check installed packages function. Proper release will be in Autumn 2026. We also acquired a new workstation: Dell Precision 7550. It's equipped with an i7-10850H, 32GB of RAM, as well as 1.5TB of storage (all M2 NVMe, Linux is on the 512GB drive). It will speed up building of the ISO.

2025 is ending. We have yet to do anything remarkable.  We rewrote LunarXG from scratch (twice!), and use live-build to make the ISO. We resolved a lot of problems.  However... Development slowed down. A lot of goals are not met (weekly images, Repologist,...). There's still a shortage of developer. And so on. We once declared that early 2026 would be our first stable release. And that goal is straying farther from us. So here's our plan: Releasing more ISOs The old ISO can be updated using apt since it's built on generally available APT packages. However, some softwares, such as patched switcheroo and LACT, requires manual updating. This will be resolved once Repologist is available, but it's still a long run. Reconsidering our choice of software  Some preinstalled software can be put in Repologist (we did that with Waydroid) and make them completely optional. And we are still considering what to add. Developing Repologist Repologist is not functional as of now as it...

 Apparently for the past few weeks the updating of system packages did not go well for Debian sid team. A lot of packages threw crucial errors (like libllvm19 and its i386 equivalent), some even prompting to removing important packages for the ISO (e.g. today libmount1 breaks Wine and I need to wait for at least half a week). So for now I won't make any new weekly image until my system's fixing is over.  Also tune in to some important news next week. 

 Changelog: + rebuild from scratch + distro name no longer malfunctions + ntsync on default - LACT not yet available   Download:  SourceForge