Ganymede Neo is out with core updates and upstream NVIDIA changes

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We’re kicking off 2026 with the release of Ganymede Neo. As you are accustomed to with our Neo releases, this release includes upstream updates and minor changes compared to the Ganymede ISO.

Before I go into the release notes, I just want to remind you of the following.

The changes described over here are affecting new installs, our Calamares installer, and the Live environment on the ISO only. Running systems don’t have to “upgrade” to Ganymede Neo; if you update regularly, your system is fine.

The Ganymede Neo release

This ISO and offline installer ships with:

Calamares 26.01.1.5-1
Firefox 146.0.1-1
Linux 6.18.4.arch1-1
Mesa 1:25.3.3-2
Xorg-server 21.1.21-1 (xorg)
Nvidia-utils 590.48.01-2

And has the following bugfixes:

  • The long startup time issue with Calamares has been resolved.
  • The package Nemo preview was removed from the default package bundle for Cinnamon and Budgie during installation due to its removal from the Arch repository.
  • Starting with this release, the NVIDIA proprietary drivers have been switched to nvidia-open due to the upstream changes to NVIDIA drivers: https://archlinux.org/news. As a result, the proprietary option now only supports Turing GPUs(16xx) and later. Earlier NVIDIA GPUs are still supported using the default boot option, which will use the Nouveau open-source drivers.

These are all the changes Ganymede Neo ships with to ensure a smooth ISO boot and installation. We are currently hard at work with further refinements and additions for Ganymede’s successor, Titan . So keep an eye out for our announcements.

Ganymede Neo is available on our homepage.

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Will the Wallpaper in existing installations be updated?

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The wallpaper is the same. The addition of the word Neo is only visible on the live environment of the ISO. After install, the regular Ganymede wallpaper is used.

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Hate to be a critic but I could see that there is a typo in the checksum part neo should be Neo, I think because I just downloaded the iso (for backup) and saw it was written as Neo.

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Thnx, I will change it!

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:germany:

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Thanks team. Love youse guys gals and hippos!

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Writing new USB key now… I’ve been telling my i7-4770 based Windows 10 desktop with EVGA GTX1060 6GB for a while now that it’s only just a matter of time… it feels so unloved by M$ :wink:

EDIT: I reformatted the drives and did a quick install then shut down for the night. Now I have something to be excited about tomorrow. Next time I turn on my PC, I’ll be greeted by EOS and GNOME for the first time. I’ve been using EOS and KDE for a long time on my old laptop, so this will be a new experience for me so wish me luck :sweat_smile:

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So I’'m seeding the new iso

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:russia:

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