Our long-running T2 Linux System Development Environment (SDE) has released version 25.10, code-named “Never Obsolete.”
T2 is one of the few remaining source-based, cross-compiling Linux distributions that supports nearly every CPU architecture still in existence — and several long forgotten.
This release integrates over 6,500 changesets and 7,600 package updates, modernizing toolchains and restoring functionality across vintage and exotic platforms.
T2 25.10 ships with GCC 15.2, LLVM/Clang 20.1.8, glibc 2.42, Musl 1.2.5, uClibC 1.0.54, Linux 6.16.10, and Mesa 25.1.9, alongside thousands of refreshed package ports.
Hardware support now stretches from modern Qualcomm X1-Elite ARM64 SoCs and RISC-V boards all the way back to DEC Alpha, SPARC64, SGI MIPS64 O2/Octane, Intel Itanium (IA-64), PowerPC, and even the Sony PlayStation 3 (Cell BE).
T2 continues to maintain full 32-bit and big-endian builds, reinstates Apple AirPort Wi-Fi for classic PowerBooks, and ships with both Wayland and Phosh for desktop and mobile devices.
While many mainstream distributions drop legacy platforms in the name of simplicity, T2 takes the opposite approach — preserving and modernizing them with current toolchains and libraries.
As independently tracked by Repology.org, T2 remains among the most up-to-date Linux distributions worldwide, thanks to its continuous AI update bot integration and reproducible build system.