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EndeavourOS


Last Update: 2026-03-12 20:53 UTC


EndeavourOS is a rolling-release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. The project aims to be a spiritual successor to Antergos, providing an easy setup and a pre-configured desktop environment on an Arch base. EndeavourOS offers both off-line and on-line install options. The off-line installer, Calamares, uses the KDE Plasma desktop by default. The on-line installer can install optional software components, including most popular desktop environments.

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Average visitor rating: 8.5/10 from 461 review(s).


EndeavourOS Summary
Distribution EndeavourOS
Home Page https://endeavouros.com/
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Reviews 2025: FOSS ForceDistroWatch
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2021: Linux za sve (Croatian) • DistroWatchDedoimedo
2020: DistroWatch
2019: DistroWatch
Where To Donate, Buy or Try https://endeavouros.com/donate/The Linux Shop

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2026-03-12: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2026.03.06
 • 2026-01-15: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2026.01.12
 • 2025-11-29: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2025.11.24
 • 2025-03-23: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2025.03.19
 • 2025-02-11: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2025.02.08
 • 2024-06-30: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2024.06.25
 • 2024-04-23: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2024.04.20
 • 2023-11-20: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 11-2023
 • 2022-12-20: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 22.12
 • 2022-06-25: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 22.6
 • 2022-04-11: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 22.1
 • 2021-12-03: Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 21.4
 • More EndeavourOS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-03-31 EndeavourOS plans new theme, installer and welcome utility
 • 2022-08-28 EndeavourOS team reports on Arch boot bug
 • 2022-04-28 Endeavour team fixes installer issue
 • 2022-04-13 EndeavourOS ships with Worm
 • More EndeavourOS headlines...

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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
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Package 2026.03.06
titan
2026.01.12
ganymede
2025.03.19
mercury
2024.09.22
endeavour
2024.04.20
gemini
11-2023
galileo
22.12
cassini
21.5
atlantis
2020.09.20 2019.12.22 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.15.3 1.2.15.2 1.2.13 1.2.12 1.2.11 1.2.10 1.2.8 1.2.6.1 1.2.3.2 1.2.1.2 alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- 25.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 22.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.7)
apt (3.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.2.0)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.22) 9.20.20 9.20.17 9.20.6 9.20.2 9.18.26 9.18.20 9.18.9 9.16.23 9.16.6 -- bind (9.20.22)
chromium (147.0.7727.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (147.0.7727.55)
cinnamon (6.6.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.7)
cups (2.4.16) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.3 1.47.3 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 1.45.4 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.1) 8.0.1 8.0.1 7.1 7.0.2 6.1.1 6.0 5.1.2 4.4.1 4.3.1 4.2.1 ffmpeg (8.1)
firefox (149.0.2) 148.0 146.0.1 136.0.2 130.0.1 125.0.1 119.0.1 108.0.1 95.0.1 80.0.1 71.0 firefox (149.0.2)
flatpak (1.16.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.6)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.2 2.14.1 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.10.2 2.10.1 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (15.2.0) 15.2.1 15.2.1 14.2.1 14.2.1 13.2.1 13.2.1 12.2.0 11.1.0 10.2.0 9.2.0 gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.2.2)
git (2.53.0) 2.53.0 2.52.0 2.49.0 2.46.1 2.44.0 2.42.1 2.39.0 2.34.1 2.28.0 2.24.1 git (2.53.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.43 2.42 2.41 2.40 2.39 2.38 2.36 2.33 2.32 2.30 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (50.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.0)
grub (2.14) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.06 2.04 2.04 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.2) 4.20.3 4.20.3 4.16.12 4.16.1 3.24.41 3.24.38 3.24.35 3.24.30 3.24.23 3.24.10 gtk (4.22.2)
httpd (2.4.66) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 34.1 33 32 31 30 29 27 26 kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.1)
LibreOffice (26.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (26.2.2)
Package 2026.03.06
titan
2026.01.12
ganymede
2025.03.19
mercury
2024.09.22
endeavour
2024.04.20
gemini
11-2023
galileo
22.12
cassini
21.5
atlantis
2020.09.20 2019.12.22 Package
libselinux (3.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.10)
linux (7.0) 6.19.6 6.18.4 6.13.7 6.10.10 6.8.7 6.6.1 6.0.12 5.15.8 5.8.10 5.4.6 linux (7.0)
mariadb (12.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.2.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.0.4) 26.0.1 25.3.3 25.0.1 24.2.3 24.0.5 23.2.1 22.3.1 21.3.1 20.1.8 19.3.1 mesa (26.0.4)
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.6.0)
nautilus (50.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (50.1)
NVIDIA (595.58.03) 590.48.01 590.48.01 570.124.04 560.35.03 550.76 545.29.02 525.60.11 470.63.01 450.66 -- NVIDIA (595.58.03)
openjdk (26) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26)
openssh (10.3p1) 10.2p1 10.2p1 9.9p2 9.9p1 9.7p1 9.5p1 9.1p1 8.8p1 8.3p1 8.1p1 openssh (10.3p1)
openssl (3.6.2) 3.6.0 3.6.0 3.4.1 3.3.2 3.2.1 3.1.4 3.0.7 1.1.1l 1.1.1g 1.1.1d openssl (3.6.2)
perl (5.42.2) 5.42.0 5.42.0 5.40.1 5.40.0 5.38.2 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.0 5.30.1 perl (5.42.2)
php (8.5.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.5)
plasma-desktop (6.6.4) 6.6.2 6.5.4 6.3.3 6.1.5 6.0.4 5.27.9 -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.6.4)
postfix (3.11.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.1)
postgresql (18.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.3)
Python (3.14.4) 3.14.3 3.14.2 3.13.2 3.12.6 3.11.8 3.11.5 3.10.8 3.10.1 3.8.5 3.8.0 Python (3.14.4)
qt (6.11.0) 6.10.2 6.10.1 6.8.2 6.7.2 6.7.0 6.6.0 6.4.1 5.15.2 5.15.1 5.13.2 qt (6.11.0)
samba (4.24.0) 4.23.6 4.23.4 4.22.0 4.21.0 4.20.0 4.19.2 4.17.4 4.15.3 4.12.6 4.10.10 samba (4.24.0)
systemd (260.1) 259.3 259 257.4 256.6 255.4 254.6 252.3 249.7 246 244 systemd (260.1)
thunderbird (149.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (149.0.2)
vim (9.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.2 -- vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) -- -- 3.0.21 3.0.21 -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.25.0) 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.23.1 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.20.0 1.18.0 1.17.0 wayland (1.25.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.18.0 4.16.0 4.14.2 4.14.1 xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.21 21.1.21 21.1.16 21.1.13 21.1.13 21.1.9 21.1.5 21.1.2 1.20.9 1.20.6 xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 2026.03.06
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-04-12
Country: Finland
Votes: 5


EndeavourOS is by far my favorite distro and I feel like it doesn't get enough appreciation! I spent a full year and a half distro-hopping and none of my experiences with the other distros were as good as with EndeavourOS.. I kept running into a lot of problems whenever I tinkered too much with the other ones, needed specific software, or after updating packages. I wanted something that doesn't force updates, doesn't break easily, and won't cause any problems. Luckily I've finally found a distro I can always depend on and trust, is heavily customizable and flexible due to being Arch-based, hasn't annoyed me nor stirred any panic once, and makes my machine feel like mine entirely without having to do too much work myself.

Very proud to mention that after six months of using it daily, EndeavourOS remains extremely stable, safe, user-friendly, sleek, and surprisingly lightweight and snappy to this day. This distro truly is superior.


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Version: 2026.03.06
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-04-12
Country: The Netherlands
Votes: 3


I installed EOS 5 months ago and setting it up felt pretty quick and intuitive. EOS came without any bloatware and worked right off the bat. I've been using it for university (compsci/cybersec/software engineering) and for daily use (browsing, opsec, ricing, gaming) and I haven't experienced any issues/errors/bugs or limitations yet. I recommended it to my university friends a while back (some of which have never used Linux before), and right now they all seem to be set on it and don't plan on switching back. I must mention that **I do recommend installing your drivers immediately during the installation process, obviously**, otherwise the cursor will act laggy because it's missing your drivers. This is a very easy fix and pretty much the only thing that could go wrong.

Also I'm not sure if this is just an Arch thing or EOS specifically, but it often seems capable of repairing itself and solving its own issues during any process in the terminal as well as a quickly suggesting and auto-compiling needed/missing tools in order to fulfill my wishes. I sometimes feel like I'm doing the bare minimum or don't have to do anything (manually) myself at all. Thanks to this feature I'm also able to get some outdated Windows-only Github projects running on my machine flawlessly.


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Version: 2026.03.06
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-04-04
Country: Brazil
Votes: 5


No problem with it. Just amazing Arch flavour. I use i3wm on it and I realized it just fast and easy to configure.

My pc is a bit older, Intel I3 videocard embedded Broadwell. Using a browser like Vivaldi it consumes just 1.5Gb RAM.

It consumes 550 MB RAM without browser, so it's my best choice on Arch distros so far.

Calamares installer helps on installation just with a few clicks, less than 30 min to install it.

Using your CLI tools in almost everything you won't have issues with it.

I use ranger as file manager, audio and video command line converters and everything works fine.

No heavy troubles related with this awesome Arch distro. I advise you try it due to avoiding unecessary troubles on installation on Arch.


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