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GNU Guix 1.5 Released with KDE Plasma 6.5, GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel
After being in development for more than three years, GNU Guix 1.5 is finally here for software freedom lovers with the GNU Linux-libre 6.17 kernel and support for the latest KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment with a new plasma-desktop-service-type service and Wayland by default.
It also adds support for the GNOME 46 desktop environment. Worth noting is that the gnome-desktop-service-type service, which is used for installing the GNOME desktop environment on top of your GNU Guix system, was updated to be more modular and allow you to better customize the default set of GNOME applications.
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Distro Watch ☛ Distribution Release: Guix System 1.5.0
Guix System is a Linux-based, stateless operating system that is built around the GNU Guix package manager. The project has published its first release in about three years, introducing several changes and over 10,000 new packages: [...]
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GNU ☛ GNU Guix 1.5.0 released — 2026 — Blog — GNU Guix
The release comes with ISO-9660 installation images, virtual machine images, and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your GNU/Linux distro, either from source or from binaries—check out the download page. Guix users can update by running guix pull.
It’s been 3 years since the previous release. That’s a lot of time, reflecting both the fact that, as a rolling release, users continuously get new features and update by running guix pull; but it also shows a lack of processes, something that we had to address before another release could be made.
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GNU Guix 1.5.0 released
Version 1.5.0 of the GNU Guix package manager and the Guix System have been released. Notable improvements include the ability to run the Guix daemon without root privileges, support for 64-bit RISC-V, and experimental support for the GNU Hurd kernel.
The release comes with ISO-9660 installation images, virtual machine images, and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your GNU/Linux distro, either from source or from binaries—check out the download page. Guix users can update by running guix pull.