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Get ARXOS 0.0.1

A single ~30 GB ISO — live desktop + graphical installer, x86_64.

arxos-0.0.1-x86_64.iso

~30 GB · x86_64 · UEFI + BIOS · rolling

Hosted on the Internet Archive + GitHub Releases for permanent availability. Builds come from the open ArxOS build script.

Verify

Always check the ISO before flashing.

# Linux / macOS sha256sum arxos-0.0.1-x86_64.iso sha512sum arxos-0.0.1-x86_64.iso # Windows (PowerShell) certutil -hashfile arxos-0.0.1-x86_64.iso SHA256

Write it

# write to a USB drive (replace sdX with your device) sudo dd if=arxos-0.0.1-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync

Boot in a VM

ARXOS detects the hypervisor on login and auto-resizes the display.

QEMU / KVM

4 GB+ RAM, UEFI (OVMF) or BIOS, virtio-gpu + SPICE for auto-resize.

-enable-kvm -m 4G -cdrom arxos-0.0.1.iso

VirtualBox

Arch Linux (64-bit), EFI on, 4 GB+ RAM, VMSVGA display. Guest tools ship in the ISO.

VMware

Other Linux 6.x 64-bit, 4 GB+ RAM. open-vm-tools is preinstalled for resize + clipboard.

Requirements

64-bit x86 CPU · 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
~40 GB free disk for a full install
UEFI or legacy BIOS boot

Default login: user arxos · password root.