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Lirix Core 1.0 · Codename Willy

Linux, forged by hand.

Lirix Core is a small Linux system built from the Linux From Scratch 12.4 book, with plain SysVinit boot scripts. Every package was compiled from source. Nothing is hidden, and nothing phones home.

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Free · 64-bit x86 (x86-64) · 1.2 GB download · BIOS and UEFI

The Lirix Core LXQt desktop: the three-petal wallpaper, Computer, Network, home folder and Trash icons, and a dark panel with a copper edge, four workspaces and a clock

Is Lirix Core right for you? Lirix Core is made for tinkerers and learners who enjoy the command line and want to see how a Linux system fits together. It isn't a beginner system, and that's okay. If you'd like a computer that just works, Lirix is the friendlier choice.

Two editions, one ISO

Desktop

The LXQt desktop with the amber Lirix Core theme and a graphical SDDM login screen. For laptops, desktops and VMs you use with a screen.

Headless

Text console and SSH only, with no desktop. For servers, routers and VMs you reach over the network.

Both editions install the same programs. Headless just doesn't start the graphical login, and you can switch later with one setting.

Why Lirix Core?

Built from scratch

Not a fork of Debian, Fedora or Arch. Lirix Core follows the Linux From Scratch 12.4 book, and every package was compiled from source.

Simple to follow

Plain SysVinit boot scripts you can read and change. When something starts at boot, you can see exactly why.

Privacy first

No telemetry and nothing phoning home.

Try it live

Boot the ISO and use it from RAM before installing. The live login is live with the password live.

Menu-driven installer

A text installer walks you through edition, keyboard, language, time zone, disk, network and your user. Nothing is written until you choose Install.

Root stays locked

Your everyday account uses sudo through the wheel group, so there's no root password to guard.

A look around

The Lirix Core 1.0 (Codename Willy) GRUB menu over the three-petal logo, with Lirix Core 1.0 Live Desktop highlighted above Install Lirix Core 1.0, Live Headless and Live Headless, serial console
The boot menu: Live Desktop, Install, Live Headless and Live Headless with serial console.
The Lirix Core LXQt desktop: the three-petal wallpaper, Computer, Network, home folder and Trash icons, and a dark panel with a copper edge, four workspaces and a clock
The LXQt desktop with the three-petal wallpaper and a copper-edged panel.
The Lirix Core installer Edition dialog: Desktop, LXQt desktop with graphical login, highlighted above Headless, text console only, for servers
The menu-driven installer asking which edition to install.
The Lirix Core login screen with a large 12-hour clock and date on the left and an amber-bordered panel asking for username, password and session (LXQt Desktop)
The SDDM login screen with its 12-hour clock.

Ready to forge ahead?

Download the ISO, check its checksum, and boot it on a spare PC or in a virtual machine. The install guide covers every installer screen.

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