# The long wait is over, Ganymede has arrived **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements and news\ **Created:** [November 29, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667 "2025-11-29T11:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/1 "2025-11-29T11:22:35Z")
![EndeavourOS_Ganymede__3840x2160](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/9/79886640d620f90392be650acc59f08c6f48a4ec.jpeg) Yes, we know it has been a long time since we released an ISO refresh. So, before I start the announcement, I want to get rid of a concern or rumour: our project is still active, and we’re not going anywhere. 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. It is just the Live environment and the offline installer that get out of date. And don’t get me wrong, we’re not underestimating the fact that those particular parts of our ISO need care, but it’s just a matter of preventing FOSS burnout. That’s all! We still love the project and our fantastic community around us. Our head developer, Joe, is still studying hard to be a certified programmer, next to his already busy life. And the latter goes for the entire team, actually. Also, there were some unfortunate setbacks upstream at Arch Linux earlier this year, with their infrastructure being under attack, and some issues we had difficulty solving. But finally, Ganymede has arrived. Now I have all that out of the way, let’s dive into our latest ISO release. **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; if you update regularly, your system is fine.** #### The Ganymede release ![](https://i0.wp.com/endeavouros.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ganymede-LiveSession.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1) The live environment and the offline installer ship with: - **Calamares 25.11.1.9-1** - **Firefox 145.0.1-1** - **Linux 6.17.8.arch1-1** - **Mesa 1:25.2.7-1** - **xorg-server 21.1.20-1 (xorg)** - **Nvidia-utils 580.105.08-4** #### **General Changes and new features for the installation process.** **Nvidia** – _NVIDIA support has been significantly improved. Previously, the ISO always included the standard `nvidia` package by default. Now, the system automatically detects the GPU during ISO boot and installs the correct driver — either **nvidia** or **nvidia-open**._ _Support for **nvidia-open** has been added both to the ISO environment and to the installer. The detection process ensures that the appropriate modules are loaded in the Live Session and correctly installed onto the target system._ _In short,_ NVIDIA driver handling is fully automatic, supports both GPU families, and uses the correct modules for your GPU at every stage _when booting ISO using the Nvidia boot option._ **Broadcom** **wifi** – _The **broadcom-wl** wireless driver is no longer enabled by default on the ISO because it can cause other network devices to malfunction and may lead to system issues._ _If a Broadcom device requiring **broadcom-wl** is detected, the live session will prompt the user with a pop-up to enable it. Once enabled in the live environment, the installer will automatically detect this and install the driver on the target system too._ **EOS-qogir-icons** – Upstream naming updates have been implemented for the Qogir icon sets to prevent broken EOS theming on the GTK-based DE and WM installations. #### **Desktop-specific installation improvements** **Plasma** - The Maliit virtual keyboard has been replaced with the Qt6 virtual keyboard for SDDM. - Libappindicator-gtk3 has been replaced by Libappindicator. **Gnome** - Gnome-screenshot has been removed from the default install packages. **LXDE** - GTK3 postfixes have been removed from the package names. - Obconf has been replaced by lxappearance-obconf-gtk3. - Pacmanfm-gtk3 has been renamed by pacmanfm. #### **i3-WM** - Xbacklight has been replaced by brightnessctl. #### **Open issue** This one in particular was and still is the headscratcher we eventually couldn’t solve for now. Due to upstream Systemd-boot changes, Windows 11 isn’t booting when installed on a separate drive in some cases. It does work with GRUB, though. _ **When installing EndeavourOS next to Windows on the same drive, there are no issues. This only affects dual-boot options on separate drives using Systemd-boot.** _ We recommend following the instructions below for such cases, with a major shout-out to @BS86 [https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tutorial-add-a-systemd-boot-loader-menu-entry-for-a-windows-installation-using-a-separate-esp-partition/37431](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tutorial-add-a-systemd-boot-loader-menu-entry-for-a-windows-installation-using-a-separate-esp-partition/37431) We want to thank the ISO test group for their infinite and meticulous testing of our release candidates over the past few months, and our entire community for reporting bugs and thinking with us in solving them. And last but certainly not least @UncleSpellbinder for his amazing contribution in creating the Ganymede wallpaper. The ISO can be grabbed from our website’s [homepage](https://endeavouros.com/). ---
**Author:** ![linuxislife](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/linuxislife/32/91372_2.png) [@linuxislife](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/linuxislife)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/2 "2025-11-29T11:40:27Z")
🥳 🐧 :enos_flag: 💜 Perfect bd gift 🎁 Cheers !!! ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/4 "2025-11-29T12:19:07Z")
**Moderation Note:** In case you have any issues or questions about the ISO and installer usage, please go to post it here: [https://forum.endeavouros.com/c/general-system/endeavouros-installation](https://forum.endeavouros.com/c/general-system/endeavouros-installation) We will be very happy about all reports that will help use improve and fix everything. :enos: ---
**Author:** ![r0ckhopper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/r0ckhopper/32/51768_2.png) [@r0ckhopper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/r0ckhopper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/5 "2025-11-29T12:21:29Z")
![](https://gifdb.com/images/high/yay-cartoon-smile-animated-text-htbml4yq4kmicsyg.gif) ---
**Author:** ![firefly](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/firefly/32/67235_2.png) [@firefly](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/firefly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/6 "2025-11-29T12:30:19Z")
Santa arrived early this year - thank you, team! :enos_flag: ---
**Author:** ![VlPo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/vlpo/32/117737_2.png) [@VlPo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/VlPo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/7 "2025-11-29T12:45:16Z")
Русскоязычная версия 🇷🇺 > [@Долгое ожидание закончилось, Ganymede прибыл!](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/ganymede/76668): > > Да, мы знаем, что прошло много времени с тех пор, как мы выпускали обновление ISO. Итак, прежде чем я начну, хочу избавить от беспокойства или слухов: наш проект все ещё активен, и мы никуда не собираемся уходить. Нам по-прежнему нравится то, что мы делаем, но все мы решили поставить нашу жизнь и близких на первое место. Это, конечно, не означает, что мы подведём вас позволив сообществу зависнуть, а нашим релизам ухудшаться. Нет, мы по-прежнему активны в сооб… ---
**Author:** ![His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/his_turdness/32/5615_2.png) [@His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/His_Turdness)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/8 "2025-11-29T12:54:03Z")
What sparked the switch from Maliit to Qt6 virtual keyboard? ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/9 "2025-11-29T12:55:43Z")
After several reports, the keyboard wasn’t working in SDDM ---
**Author:** ![Grothesk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@Grothesk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Grothesk)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/10 "2025-11-29T13:00:53Z")
> [@His\_Turdness](#): > > What sparked the switch from Maliit to Qt6 virtual keyboard? Better integration in KDE. Also see: > **[The future of Maliit keyboard or potential replacements for KDE?](https://discuss.kde.org/t/the-future-of-maliit-keyboard-or-potential-replacements-for-kde/28739)** > > Currently on Fedora 41, Maliit keyboard is the only package not updated to Qt6 and kf6. It seems to pull in 96 Qt5 dependencies, and looking at the project repo things dont look good. There are a lot of features missing, the last release was... ---
**Author:** ![His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/his_turdness/32/5615_2.png) [@His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/His_Turdness)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/11 "2025-11-29T13:04:02Z")
Interesting. Maliit was the only one I got working when trying to set up a proper virtual keyboard for my laptop. ---
**Author:** ![AlfreX](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/alfrex/32/14946_2.png) [@AlfreX](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/AlfreX)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/12 "2025-11-29T14:44:59Z")
Thank you to all the team for the good work!!! The best distro even better!! 🥰 ---
**Author:** ![LBTRS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/lbtrs/32/113363_2.png) [@LBTRS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/LBTRS)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/13 "2025-11-29T14:52:36Z")
Thanks to everyone involved in the ISO refresh. The old one wasn’t allowing me to install on my new hardware. I’m glad to hear everything is going strong as it’s a great project and distro. 💜 :enos_flag: :enos: :rocketa_purple: ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/14 "2025-11-29T15:13:57Z")
it was basically caused by maliit is still on qt5. In addition we now have the virtual keyboard button working in SDDM indeed. But its stilll not perfect. Inside KDE you need to select plasma-keyboard in settings it does not set itself active. May this will change soon. [Maliit](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/maliit-keyboard) is still available on the AUR in case. ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/15 "2025-11-29T15:41:19Z")
🇩🇪 > [@Die Warterei hat ein Ende – Ganymede ist endlich da!](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/die-warterei-hat-ein-ende-ganymede-ist-endlich-da/76671): > > original hier geschrieben von @Bryanpwo [The long wait is over, Ganymede has arrived](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667) Ja, wir wissen… es hat gedauert. Eine ganze Weile sogar. Aber bevor wir mit den eigentlichen News loslegen, einmal klar und deutlich: Wir sind noch da. Das Projekt lebt. Wir lösen uns nicht einfach in Luft auf! Wir machen das hier immer noch super gern. Nur haben wir uns eben entschieden, unser echtes Leben und die Menschen darin nicht hinter das Projekt zu stellen. Bede… ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/16 "2025-11-29T22:30:09Z")
Thank the stars!! I haven’t updated in months waiting for this! ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/17 "2025-11-30T00:09:39Z")
Nice to hear from you again.❤❤❤ ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/18 "2025-11-30T00:18:34Z")
> [@Bryanpwo](#): > > Our head developer, Joe, is still studying hard to be a certified programmer, If this is true, Joe should be teaching the teachers 🙂 I woke with Ganymede this morning. You make a lot of stealth moves overnight. I like your style. For Jupiter’s moons, ‘Ganymede’ has a sexy Irish vibe going on, not like that flea-ridden mutt Io. ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/19 "2025-11-30T00:41:19Z")
> [@Bryanpwo](#): > > Nice to hear from you again.❤❤❤ Glad to still be heard once in a while. 😉. I make the occasional guest appearance now and again. I hope you’re doing well out there in the real life space. 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![moxdrox](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/moxdrox/32/87725_2.png) [@moxdrox](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/moxdrox)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/20 "2025-11-30T08:35:23Z")
Thanks for the new release and the work you put in it. I was never happier with a Linux Distro. The only one who comes close was Antergos 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![r0ckhopper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/r0ckhopper/32/51768_2.png) [@r0ckhopper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/r0ckhopper)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667/21 "2025-11-30T09:05:54Z")
> [@drunkenvicar](#): > > For Jupiter’s moons, ‘Ganymede’ has a sexy Irish vibe going on, not like that flea-ridden mutt Io You’re a particularly drunken vicar today, aren’t you 😜 [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/76667.md?page=2)