EndeavourOS discontinues development of the ARM version of the Linux distribution

EndeavourOS project leader Bryan Poerwoatmodjo has officially announced the end of the ARM version of his Linux distribution, according to a blog post on the EndeavourOS website. The project leader cites a lack of developers as the main reason for the decision to discontinue development of the ARM branch of EndeavourOS. In addition, Arch Linux ARM is increasingly falling behind the 64-bit version for Intel and AMD processors (x86_64).

"EndeavourOS is a project on the side for everyone involved and enthusiasm is key to making it roll forward. With the upstream changes making the gap between ARM and X86_64 bigger, Pudge’s enthusiasm turned into frustration. With no help from the outside and the fact he recently replaced most of his ARM hardware with x86_64, made him decide that he had reached the end of the road for EndeavourOS ARM," writes project leader Bryan Poerwoatmodjo in a blog post about the end of the ARM version of EndeavourOS.

Interested developers are welcome to join the work on the ARM branch of EndeavourOS. The project's GitHub page is still up and running. "We are still open for anyone who wants to jump in and pick up where EndeavourOS ARM left off," reads the blog post.

EndeavourOS is based on Arch Linux, but extends the well-known "rolling release" Linux distribution with the Calamares graphical installer and other add-ons. If you are interested in getting started with the free Linux operating system, we recommend the book "Linux Bible" by Christopher Negus (buy here at Amazon US).