cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1007851

Quote from NomadicCore on Reddit:

One of the questions we get regularly asked is about KDE Plasma being a DE option for AerynOS. We have always maintained that it was in the plans, but that packaging up KDE Plasma is a lot of work and would take a while.

This packaging work has been consistently been happening in the background and today, Reilly booted up the first KDE Plasma session running atop AerynOS.

To set expectation, it’s a first boot, it’s very basic and there are still many things to get packaged up and properly configured.

This is a great milestone achieved and shows the great progress that the team is making on top of all the other workstreams that are going on.

  • SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 day ago

    And nope, not named after the Farscape character…

    https://aerynos.com/blog/2025/02/14/evolve-this-os/

    Pronounced like “Erin”, it’s a name that we feel is more befitting of the project. Pulling from multiple etymologies, it’s a name that better describes the project now versus the project that started as Serpent OS.

    “Aer” is rather obvious, Latin in origin. The phonetic “Erin” is a nod to the Irish roots of the project, and of course a home. There are a number of reasons for the name, which will form part of the initial documentation on the new website.

    Our intent is to have a name that is more inviting, and more descriptive of the project’s goals and aspirations. We’re not anti-establishment or anti-corporation - if anything, we’re a statement that without the fiscal handcuffs, we can produce a technically sound and user-friendly operating system.

    https://aerynos.dev/aerynos/faq/

    What does AerynOS mean and how do I pronounce it?

    AerynOS is a stylised spelling of “Erin”, alluding to the project’s Irish roots. It is pronounced exactly the same as “Erin” - “AIR-in” OS. It’s also a play on “aer” and the phonetic “air” sound, indicative of our desire to produce an open, trusted and high-performance operating system.

    It’s pronounced as “AIR-in” OS.