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released this
2025-03-13 09:12:05 +00:00 | 3 commits to master since this releaseUpdates include but are not limited to:
- Linux 6.13.6 / 6.6.82 / 6.1.129
- GCC 14.2.1 / Glibc 2.41 / Binutils 2.43.1
- Clang/LLVM 19.1.7
- Rust 1.84.1
- Python 3.13.2
- Qemu 9.2.0
- Qt 6.8.2
- Firefox 133.0.3 / 128.8.0
- Plasma 6.3.1
- KDE Gear 24.12.2
- Libreoffice 24.8.4
- LTS JDK 21 for all architectures
- and many more
Notable changes, fixes & updates:
jemalloc64k/4k hybrid build fixed (@bobpaul)goon big-endianpowerpc64(POWER8 or later) along with many projects previously unavailable (@bobpaul)- introduced
linux-lts-6.1to bring back a 6.1.x kernel and an LTS that has many features removed in later versions (@techflashYT & @kth5) powerpc64lebaseline CPU requirement lowered toPOWER8(@kth5)
New ISOs
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2025.03.12-powerpc.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2025.03.12-powerpc64.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2025.03.12-powerpc6432.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2025.03.12-powerpc64le.isoDownloads
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released this
2024-12-01 22:33:15 +00:00 | 3331 commits to master since this releaseUpdates include but are not limited to:
- Linux 6.11.9 / 6.6.62
- GCC 14.1.1 / Glibc 2.40 / Binutils 2.43.1
- Rust 1.82.0
- Qemu 9.0.2/9.1.1
- Qt 6.8
- Firefox 130 / 128
- Plasma 6.2.2
- KDE Gear 24.08.2
- Libreoffice 24.8.2
- and many more
Notable changes, fixes & updates:
- major work on the installers fixing many individual problems (@flaviojs)
firefox-esrwith Classilla's JIT patches forpowerpc64le- LibreOffice now also on
powerpcandpowerpc64 - Linux Wii has adopted ArchPOWER as their default distro (@techflashYT)
- Linux WiiU tarballs
- Starfive VisionFive V2 kernel up to 6.6.x (SD creator in progress)
- installers at least temporarily will use
bashinstead ofzsh#93
New ISOs
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.12.04-powerpc.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.12.04-powerpc64.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.12.04-powerpc64le.isoDownloads
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released this
2024-12-01 22:33:15 +00:00 | 3331 commits to master since this releaseNotable changes, fixes & updates:
- when generated on a 32bit userland, archiso could not generate the initramfs properly due to constraints to just 4GB adress space leading to problems on boot
2024.12.04ISOs have been restracted forpowerpcandpowerpc6432only.New ISOs
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.12.08-powerpc.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.12.08-powerpc6432.isoDownloads
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released this
2024-05-05 22:05:16 +00:00 | 9206 commits to master since this releaseUpdates include but are not limited to:
- Linux 6.8.9 / 6.6.30
- Rust 1.77.0
- Qemu 9.0.0
- Qt 6.7.0
- Firefox 125.0.3 / 115.10.0
- Blender 4.1.0
- Arcticfox 44.0
- Plasma 6.0.4
- KDE Gear 24.02.2
- Libreoffice 24.2.3
- LxQt 2.0.0
- and many more
Notable changes & fixes:
- llvm & opencl support as well most of Vulkan functionality has been removed from
mesa-24.0.6onpowerpc{,64}due to general brokeness - the
powerpcISO has been split intopowerpcandpowerpc6432to reduce ISO size (fits on 650Mbyte CD-R still)
New ISOs
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.05.05-powerpc.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.05.05-powerpc64.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.05.05-powerpc6432.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.05.05-powerpc64le.isoDownloads
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released this
2024-03-28 12:10:53 +00:00 | 10280 commits to master since this releaseUpdates include but are not limited to:
- Linux 6.8.1 / 6.6.21
- Rust 1.76.0
- Qemu 8.2.1
- Qt 6.6.2
- Firefox 124.0.1
- Thunderbird 115.9.0
- Blender 4.0.2
- Arcticfox 43.1
- Plasma 6.0.0
- KDE Gear 24.02.0
- LLVM/Clang 17.0.6
- and many more
Notable changes & fixes:
- webkit variants are now stable on
powerpcand derived browsers work as intended - the Rocm 6.0.2 stack is now mostly complete (
powerpc64*&riscv64) - linux-sophgo introduced using the awesome milkv-community repo's variant sporting 6.8.0 on the Pioneer
- lxde & lxqt have been added as choice for your DE on all platforms
- the sd-card creator for Starfive's Visionfive V2 is functional
- debuginfod is now supported &
debug packagesare slowly being addedelfutils>=0.190-2.1are required - all
qt*-webenginesupport has been deprecated & is to be removed entirely in the near future
Next Milestones
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Petitboot for Riscv64
Some focus will go towards Riscv64 and porting Petitboot as another option to flakylinuxboot,grubor directly loading kernels from firmware. This is well underway and a discussion will be opened soon. The first target is the Milk-V Pioneer based on SOPHON SG2042.kexecis functional and some manually crafted initrds already load from home built firmware. Along with the obvious ease of use over other solutions so far available on RISC-V, it'll also bring in netboot support along with emergency shell functions etc. -
sd-card creators
Right now the focus is on RISC-V here and finally get it to the state it can generate bootable SD cards for all supported boards. However, this may eventually replacearchisoentirely which has grown old and we could just unify everything under the petitboot banner (perhaps notpowerpcbut we'll see about that). -
Intel XE & Imagination PowerVR GPU support
With Linux 6.8 finally being out stable & in its second point release, both are now fully enabled in the kernel itself and inmesa>=24.0.2. Since these chipsets are rather fresh in terms of kernel and mesa code, your mileage may vary though. This will be an ongoing effort as testing is required and patches are still coming all the time.
ISOs
New ISOs are not yet necessary so keep using the prior release.
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2024.02.06 - Starfive Visionfive V2 updates Pre-Release
released this
2024-01-31 15:56:06 +00:00 | 11444 commits to master since this releaseFinalized the Starfive Visionfive V2 sd-creator and refinded it a quite a bit. Of course, it's far from perfect and it is the only board supported with this method for the moment.
Check out the README.txt on how to create an ArchPOWER SD-Card for your Visionfive V2.
Highlights:
- Based off of VF2 SDK 3.8.2
- Linux 6.1.31 (linux-visionfive2)
- RootFS
basefrom 01/28/2024
Download here:
https://archlinuxpower.org/riscv-images/starfive-visionfive-v2/Downloads
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released this
2024-01-25 15:28:42 +00:00 | 11633 commits to master since this releaseUpdates include but are not limited to:
- Linux 6.7.1 / 6.1.74
- Rust 1.75.0
- Qemu 8.1.3
- Qt 6.6.1
- KF5 5.113.0
- Plasma 5.27.10
- KDE 23.08.4
- and many more
Last but not least, ISOs have been refreshed:
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.01.24-powerpc.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.01.24-powerpc64.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2024.01.24-powerpc64le.isoDownloads
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released this
2023-12-07 13:03:16 +00:00 | 12449 commits to master since this releaseUpdates include but are not limited to:
- Linux 6.6.4 / 6.1.65
- Firefox 120.0.1
- Rust 1.73.0
- Qemu 8.1.2
- Qt 6.6.0
- KF5 5.112.0
- Plasma 5.27.9
- KDE 23.08.2
- OpenJDK 21
- and many more
Major issues fixed:
https://github.com/kth5/archpower/issues/65 - Console issue on IBM pSeries bare-metal (powerpc64)For which the
powerpc64ISO has been refreshed already:
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2023.12.07-powerpc64.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2023.12.07-powerpc64.iso.sigFor this release many thanks go out to @BushyToaster88 for providing remote access to an IBM S8284-22A.
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released this
2023-09-18 07:01:20 +00:00 | 13933 commits to master since this releaseUpdates include but are not limited to:
- Linux 6.5.3 / 6.1.53
- systemd 254 (!powerpc)
- Firefox 117.0.1
- Thunderbird 115.1.1
- Chromium 116.0.5845.187
- Rust 1.71.1
- Qemu 8.0.4
- Plasma 5.27.7
- and many more
Last but not least, ISOs have been refreshed:
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2023.09.18-powerpc.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2023.09.19-powerpc64.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2023.09.18-powerpc64le.isoDownloads
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released this
2023-08-19 12:11:22 +00:00 | 14431 commits to master since this releaseUpdates include but are not limited to:
- Linux 6.4.11 / 6.1.46
- GCC 13.2.1
- Perl 5.38.0
- Python 3.11
- Clang/LLVM 16.0.6
- OpenJDK 20
- Firefox 116.0.2
- Rust 1.71.0
- Plasma 5.27.6
- and many more
Additional notes:
- archpower#60 a particularly nasty bug in
kbdhas been fixed with version2.6.1-1.2for big-endian powerpc and powerpc64 linux-ltsis now on the6.1branch
Last but not least, ISOs have been refreshed:
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2023.08.19-powerpc.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2023.08.19-powerpc64.iso
https://archlinuxpower.org/iso/stable/archpower-2023.08.19-powerpc64le.isoDownloads