a month ago
- NixOS 26.05 "Yarara" has been publicly released.
- It will receive bugfixes and security updates until December 31, 2026.
- The previous release, 25.11 "Xantusia", is deprecated and will reach end-of-life on June 30, 2026.
- The release involved 2,842 contributors and 59,703 commits.
- Nixpkgs added 20,442 new packages, updated 20,641, and removed 17,532 outdated ones.
- NixOS added 85 new modules and 1,547 configuration options, while removing 25 modules and 355 options.
- Stage 1 (initrd) now uses systemd by default, deprecating the old scripted implementation.
- This is the last Nixpkgs release to support x86_64-darwin, with support ending in late 2026.
- GNOME has been updated to version 50 "Tokyo" with accessibility and display improvements.
- GCC is updated to version 15, while LLVM remains at version 21.