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Linxira OS Today: From a Mint Prototype to Direct Arch
Why Linxira moved from Linux Mint to Direct Arch — the desktop-supercomputer positioning, software ecosystem, and first-party toolchain.
First Experimental Stable: 2026.08.14 Release Notes
ISO download, release highlights, install-test results, and what changed since the betas.
Headless Mode: One-Command Switching Between Desktop and Compute
A standard systemd target switch that turns the desktop off and frees all RAM for compute.
Signed Repositories: Linxira's Supply-Chain Security Design
How mandatory pacman signatures, release-key rotation, and a PKGBUILD CI gate block tampering.
One Reviewed Catalog Driving the Whole Software Ecosystem: catalog v2/v3
The architecture behind one reviewed metadata source shared by the installer, Welcome, and graphical package management.
btrfs Snapshots and grub-btrfs: Self-Healing and One-Key Rollback
Dual-kernel fallback, automatic pre-update snapshots, and direct rollback from the GRUB menu.
AI Coding Agents in One Line: Mirror Acceleration and Six CLIs
npm mirror acceleration plus one-line installs of Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok, and OpenCode.
Designing the Beginner's Guide: Landing Linxira for Linux Newcomers
How the new beginner's guide covers terminal basics, Arch Wiki navigation, Chinese input troubleshooting, and desktop choice.
Introducing Linxira OS
What is Linxira OS, who is it for, and why we built it. Design philosophy, technical architecture, and target users.