LingsOS

LingsOS is an Arch Linux-based live distribution designed for everyday usage, shipping with KDE Plasma out of the box.

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Features

• KDE Plasma desktop — full kde-system-meta + kde-utilities-meta stack with SDDM
• Firefox pre-installed for immediate web access
• NetworkManager for easy wired and wireless connectivity
• Fastfetch with a custom LingsOS logo and colour theme
• Both BIOS (syslinux) and UEFI (systemd-boot) boot supported
• Squashfs root compressed with XZ for a compact ISO
• Default live user lingsUser with passwordless sudo for easy testing

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Requirements

Building LingsOS requires an Arch Linux host with the following package installed:

sudo pacman -S archiso

Root (or passwordless sudo) access is required because mkarchiso needs to create device nodes and mount filesystems during the build.

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Building

# Clone the repository
git clone https://git.sfymmik.xyz/Lings/LingsOS.git LingsOS
cd LingsOS

# Build the ISO (output lands in ./out/)
make

# Or specify a custom output directory
make iso OUT_DIR=/tmp/lingsos-out

Makefile targets

Target	Description
make / make iso	Build the live ISO
make clean	Remove the work/ build directory
make distclean	Remove work/ and the out/ ISO directory
make help	Show available targets and variables

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Project Structure

LingsOS/
├── Makefile                        # Build system
├── profiledef.sh                   # ISO profile metadata (name, version, boot modes)
├── packages.x86_64                 # Package list for the live environment
├── pacman.conf                     # pacman configuration used during the build
├── bootstrap_packages              # Packages installed in the bootstrap environment
├── airootfs/                       # Files overlaid onto the live root filesystem
│   ├── etc/
│   │   ├── fastfetch/              # Custom fastfetch config and LingsOS logo
│   │   ├── hostname                # Live hostname ("Lings")
│   │   ├── motd                    # Login message shown on the live system
│   │   ├── sddm.conf               # SDDM display manager config
│   │   └── systemd/                # Systemd network, journal, and service overrides
│   ├── root/
│   │   └── customize_airootfs.sh   # Post-build script: creates lingsUser, enables services
│   └── usr/local/bin/              # Live-environment helper scripts
├── efiboot/                        # systemd-boot EFI loader entries
├── grub/                           # GRUB config (used for El Torito / hybrid ISO)
└── syslinux/                       # Syslinux config for legacy BIOS boot

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Live Environment

After booting the ISO, you are automatically logged in as lingsUser (no password). The user has full sudo access without a password, making it easy to use archinstall or follow the Arch installation guide to install to disk.

• Wi-Fi: use iwctl or the NetworkManager applet in the KDE system tray
• Mobile broadband: use mmcli
• Install to disk: run archinstall from a terminal, or click the Install desktop shortcut

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License

LingsOS is a configuration profile for archiso. The build profile is provided as-is. Individual packages retain their own respective licenses.