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EndeavourOS Ganymede Arrives with Automatic NVIDIA Driver Detection (linuxiac.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev

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Eight months after the previous Mercury Neo release, the Arch-based EndeavourOS rolls out its long-awaited Ganymede ISO refresh, introducing the first major update to the live environment and offline installer in quite some time. The developers say the long gap between releases isn’t a sign of trouble, and that the project is doing just fine.

“We still love what we do over here, but we all have chosen to let our lives and loved ones come first over the project. That certainly doesn’t mean we will let you down by letting the community hang there and our releases left to deteriorate. No, we are still active within the community, and our released ISO does receive the necessary updates regularly for the online installer to run smoothly over time.”

The new Ganymede release now brings the ISO back in sync with the current Arch base and includes KDE Plasma 6.5.3, Calamares 25.11, Firefox 145, Linux kernel 6.17, Mesa 25.2, xorg-server 21.1.20, and NVIDIA-utils 580.105.

One of the most significant changes is a complete overhaul of NVIDIA support. The ISO now automatically detects whether a GPU requires the proprietary nvidia driver or the open nvidia-open variant and loads the correct modules in both the live session and the installed system.

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[–] MxRemy@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

I found this out when i updated last night, it was a nice surprise for sure!

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It simply does not work. Tested across 10 machines for fun with different hardware compilations. The only ones that don't cause a problem are the outmoded GTX chips. Simply does not work for DC-grade hardware whatsoever.

I was hoping this could be pivoted to a more open detection and download system for general use, but it's not even close.

[–] xyro@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Installed via the Ganymede iso, worked flawlessly. I'm impress on how far Linux distro have progressed. Nvidia card was detected and drivers properly setup automatically.