Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Solus 4.7, codenamed "Endurance," introduces significant updates across its various desktop environments. The Budgie edition now features Budgie 10.9.2, enhancing stability and polish. The GNOME edition is updated to GNOME 47.3, bringing new features such as accent colors, improved support for small screens, and faster GTK rendering. The Plasma edition includes the latest Plasma Desktop, KDE Frameworks, and KDE Gear, providing a refined user experience. Additionally, the Xfce edition has been updated to version 4.20, which introduces experimental support for Wayland.
This release also focuses on updating default applications and enhancing hardware support. All editions come with Firefox 134.0.2, LibreOffice 24.8.4.2, and Thunderbird 128.6.0 pre-installed. For multimedia playback, Budgie and GNOME editions ship with Rhythmbox for audio and Celluloid for video, while Xfce uses Parole and Plasma utilizes Elisa for audio and Haruna for video. The inclusion of Linux kernel 6.12.9 ensures better hardware compatibility, and improved firmware support addresses installation issues for users with newer NVIDIA GPUs. Users are also encouraged to try the new Software Centers, such as GNOME Software or Discover for Plasma, which offer out-of-the-box Flatpak support and enhanced application descriptions through Appstream metadata.
Solus 4.7, codenamed "Endurance," introduces significant updates across its various desktop environments. The Budgie edition now features Budgie 10.9.2, enhancing stability and polish. The GNOME edition is updated to GNOME 47.3, bringing new features such as accent colors, improved support for small screens, and faster GTK rendering. The Plasma edition includes the latest Plasma Desktop, KDE Frameworks, and KDE Gear, providing a refined user experience. Additionally, the Xfce edition has been updated to version 4.20, which introduces experimental support for Wayland.
This release also focuses on updating default applications and enhancing hardware support. All editions come with Firefox 134.0.2, LibreOffice 24.8.4.2, and Thunderbird 128.6.0 pre-installed. For multimedia playback, Budgie and GNOME editions ship with Rhythmbox for audio and Celluloid for video, while Xfce uses Parole and Plasma utilizes Elisa for audio and Haruna for video. The inclusion of Linux kernel 6.12.9 ensures better hardware compatibility, and improved firmware support addresses installation issues for users with newer NVIDIA GPUs. Users are also encouraged to try the new Software Centers, such as GNOME Software or Discover for Plasma, which offer out-of-the-box Flatpak support and enhanced application descriptions through Appstream metadata.
