Release Notes

RengeOS 2026.03.20

Notes: This update primarily focuses on nvidia support and bug fixes due to the wide compatibility between different machines. I plan to add other filesystems support and KDE Edition later, as well as research plans to create an immutable system.
Change:

Migrate the website from https://rengeos.github.io/rengeos-docs/ to https://rengeos.github.io/
ros-installer and ros-reborn have been updated to support installation for nvidia graphics cards. Thanks to @phantasmwolf for testing it!
Critical bugs related to bcachefs and binutils have been fixed.
Replace fastfetch-git with fastfetch and hyprlax-git with hyprlax in NiriWM Edition.
Update the kernel version for linux-stratix-pulse (6.19-1 -> 6.19.6-1) and linux-stratix-pulse-lts (6.12.71-1 -> 6.12.76-1)
Update packages between the two Edition(NiriWM and Minimal) to the latest version today (2026.03.06).

Built-in WM, DE: No, only TTY
Built-in Audio (pipewire,pulseaudio): No, needs to install the packages manually
Supported Chipset: Intel, AMD
Supported Graphics Cards: Intel, AMD, NVIDIA
Supported Filesystems: XFS, Bcachefs
Linux Stratix Pulse: 6.19.6
Linux Stratix Pulse LTS: 6.12.76

Adding the fastfetch-git, zenity packages and keybind(Mod+Alt+W) allows changing the wallpaper on NiriWM-Edition.
Fixed the issue where ros-reborn automatically saves as kernel-name.preset.pacsave(pacman-saved backup) from an unselected kernel during installation.
The ros-reborn-system-ota update now lets you choose between the latest version of NiriWM and Minimal Edition to download.
The repository ROS-Reborn-System-OTA will be replaced with the repositories corresponding to the current editions on RengeOS for ros-reborn-system-ota (e.g., Minimal and NiriWM Edition).
Update packages between the two Edition(NiriWM and Minimal) to the latest version today (2026.03.06).

Built-in WM, DE: No, only TTY
Built-in Audio (pipewire,pulseaudio): No, needs to install the packages manually
Supported Chipset: Intel, AMD, NVIDIA needs to install the packages manually
Supported Filesystems: XFS, Bcachefs
Linux Stratix Pulse: 6.19
Linux Stratix Pulse LTS: 6.12.71

Notes: Currently, the ros-reborn-system-ota tool only retrieves airootfs and the kernel of the latest minimal version of RengeOS, so in the next release we will be able to choose between the Minimal Edition and NiriWM Edition and the documentation will gradually be improved.
Change:

We’ve added a NiriWM Edition for RengeOS, yay!
Fixed the ros-reborn tool that couldn’t create kernel presets.
The Recovery Mode partition size requirement has been increased from 7GB to 10GB to avoid memory shortage errors when containing airootfs in NiriWM Edition.

Built-in WM, DE: No, only TTY
Built-in Audio (pipewire,pulseaudio): No, needs to install the packages manually
Supported Chipset: Intel, AMD, NVIDIA needs to install the packages manually
Supported Filesystems: XFS, Bcachefs
Linux Stratix Pulse: 6.19 (Mainline)
Linux Stratix Pulse LTS: 6.12.71 (Latest LTS)

Notes: This version helps stabilize the system and encourages users to reinstall their system.
Change:

Migrating all linux-renge to linux-stratix-pulse to fix some bugs and add some patches to improve performance.
Remove initramfs(fallback) as it is unnecessary to create and consumes extra memory.
linux-renge-bore(Deprecated) -> linux-stratix-pulse
linux-renge-lts(Deprecated) -> linux-stratix-pulse-lts

Built-in WM, DE: No, only TTY
Built-in Audio (pipewire,pulseaudio): No, needs to install the packages manually
Supported Chipset: Intel, AMD, NVIDIA needs to install the packages manually
Supported Filesystems: XFS, Bcachefs
Linux Stratix Pulse: 6.19 (Mainline)
Linux Stratix Pulse LTS: 6.12.71 (Latest LTS)

Built-in WM, DE: No, only TTY
Built-in Audio (pipewire,pulseaudio): No, needs to install the packages manually
Supported Chipset: Intel, AMD, NVIDIA needs to install the packages manually
Supported Filesystems: XFS, Bcachefs
Linux Renge BORE: 6.18.8
Linux Renge LTS: 6.12.65