--- title: AerynOS 2026.02 Brings More Wayland Compositor Options,... description: AerynOS 2026.02 alpha ISO has been released, bringing improvements to build tooling including a faster Moss package manager and automated package recipe... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/aerynos-2026-02-brings-more-wayland-compositor-options-other-improvements-b4poqbp0j twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AerynOS 2026.02 Brings More Wayland Compositor Options, Other Improvements | daily.dev og:description: AerynOS 2026.02 alpha ISO has been released, bringing improvements to build tooling including a faster Moss package manager and automated package recipe... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/aerynos-2026-02-brings-more-wayland-compositor-options-other-improvements-b4poqbp0j og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/B4pOqbP0j.png og:image:alt: AerynOS 2026.02 Brings More Wayland Compositor Options, Other Improvements og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AerynOS 2026.02 Brings More Wayland Compositor Options, Other Improvements **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AerynOS 2026.02 alpha ISO has been released, bringing improvements to build tooling including a faster Moss package manager and automated package recipe creation via Boulder. The release includes updated packages such as GNOME 49.4, COSMIC 1.0.8, KDE Plasma 6.6.1, Firefox 148, Linux 6.18.15 LTS, Mesa 26.0.1, PipeWire 1.6, Wine 11.3, and more. Additional Wayland compositor options have been added to the repository, along with a new console-only installation option in the ISO. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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