{"id":2366,"date":"2025-03-21T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/ikey-doherty-rebrands-serpent-os-to-aerynos-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T02:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:00:45","slug":"ikey-doherty-rebrands-serpent-os-to-aerynos-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/ikey-doherty-rebrands-serpent-os-to-aerynos-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikey Doherty Rebrands Serpent OS to AerynOS: What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of March 20, 2025, the Linux distribution previously known as <strong>Serpent OS<\/strong>, created by Ikey Doherty, has officially been renamed to <strong>AerynOS<\/strong>. This change marks a significant shift in branding, aimed at appealing more to new users by addressing the potentially negative associations of the original name.<\/p>\n<p>Ikey Doherty explained in a recent blog post that the name &quot;Serpent OS&quot; was chosen somewhat hastily and did not reflect the inviting nature desired for a modern, innovative Linux distribution. With the new name, pronounced like &quot;Erin,&quot; AerynOS is intended to represent a more appropriate identity for the project&#8217;s goals and community.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the name change, AerynOS remains under active development, and users can expect continuous improvement as it does not yet have a stable release. The renaming also accompanies exciting new features that enhance the overall user experience, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A revamped system installer, supporting full disk wipes and dynamic partitioning.<\/li>\n<li>Automation of package updates.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced rollback management.<\/li>\n<li>Disk handling functionality implemented with Rust.<\/li>\n<li>Fractional scaling enabled by default.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AerynOS will continue to feature the latest GNOME desktop environment, although support for the COSMIC desktop has been temporarily paused.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about AerynOS, you can visit its official website at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/aerynos.com\/\">aerynos.com<\/a> or check the documentation site at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/aerynos.dev\/\">aerynos.dev<\/a>. You can also follow the development progress on its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AerynOS\">GitHub page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of March 20, 2025, the Linux distribution previously known as Serpent OS, created by Ikey Doherty, has officially been renamed to AerynOS. This change marks a significant shift in branding, aimed at appealing more to new users by addressing the potentially negative associations of the original name. 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