T2 SDE Release 24.12

24.12 "Sky's the Limit!" Changes

The release contains a total of 2158 changesets, including approximately 3280 package updates, 200 fixed issues, 206 packages or features added and 37 removed and around 20 improvements.

User visible

system-wide t2 symlink to run the pkg manager from any dir
GCC 14.2
uClibC 1.0.49
LLVM/Clang 19.1.5
Linux 6.12.5
ships Qemu by default
restores Linux kernel VT scrollback for FB and VGA
auto hostname based on hw platform
correctly registered in EFI boot-managers
Nintendo Wii U PowerPC SMP sync workaround

Developer visible

new "./t2 config" support to get and set options
some options renamed for easier CLI access (e.g. PARALLEL_MAX -> PARALLEL)

Pre-built binary ISOs

Maintaining and evolving this project, along with hosting the build services, website and providing comprehensive developer resources, requires significant time and financial support. If you value the T2 SDE Linux project, its freely available tools, documentation, and the dedicated work of its developers, please consider supporting our ongoing efforts by making a donation:

Architecture	Libc	Compiler	Optimization	Version	Size	Download
alpha	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	956 MB	base-wayland
arc	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	344 MB	base
arm64	Glibc 2.40	Clang 19.1.5		24.12	1469 MB	base-wayland
arm64	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	1653 MB	base-wayland
arm64	Musl 1.2.5	GCC 14.2		24.12	1490 MB	base-wayland
armv5te	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	armv5te	24.12	1120 MB	base-desktop
armv6eb^‡	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	armv6	24.12	1094 MB	base-wayland
armv7	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	armv7-a	24.12	1586 MB	base-wayland
avr32	uClibc 1.0.49	GCC 14.2		24.12	116 MB	base
hppa	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	1163 MB	base-desktop
hppa64/32^*	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	1089 MB	base-desktop
i486	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	i486	24.12	1584 MB	base-wayland
i686	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	i686	24.12	1811 MB	base-wayland
ia64	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	itanium2	24.12	955 MB	base-desktop
loongarch64	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	990 MB	base-desktop
m68k	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	68020	24.12	766 MB	base-desktop
microblaze	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	401 MB	base
mips	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	mips4	24.12	1406 MB	base-wayland
mips64/32^*	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	r5000	24.12	1664 MB	base-wayland
mipsel^†	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	mips32r2	24.12	1416 MB	base-wayland
nios2	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	363 MB	base
openrisc	uClibc 1.0.49	GCC 14.2		24.12	372 MB	base
ppc	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	603	24.12	1608 MB	base-wayland
ppc64/32^*	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	970	24.12	1331 MB	base-wayland
ppc64le^†	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	power8	24.12	1810 MB	base-wayland
riscv	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	950 MB	base-desktop
riscv64	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	1793 MB	base-wayland
s390x	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	arch9	24.12	1031 MB	base-xorg
sparc	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	v8	24.12	557 MB	base-xorg
sparc64	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	ultrasparc3	24.12	941 MB	base-wayland
sparc64/32^*	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2		24.12	814 MB	base-wayland
superh	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	sh4	24.12	840 MB	base-desktop
x32	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	nocona	24.12	1060 MB	base-desktop
x86-64	Glibc 2.40	Clang 19.1.5	nocona	24.12	1732 MB	base-wayland
x86-64	Glibc 2.40	GCC 14.2	nocona	24.12	1853 MB	base-wayland
x86-64	Musl 1.2.5	GCC 14.2	nocona	24.12	1623 MB	base-wayland
x86-64	Musl 1.2.5	Clang 19.1.5	nocona	24.12	1519 MB	base-wayland

^*64-bit OS kernel, 32-bit user-space
^†little-endian variant
^‡big-endian variant

Known Issues

Due to the nature of all cross compiled base install ISOs, gobject-introspection is not installed by default and some packages need to be natively, locally rebuilt for some advanced gnome-desktop packages.