Abyss Linux 27.1

Abyss Linux 27.1: one picture from power on to your desktop, a smarter menu, and a shutdown fix.

Downloads

File	Architecture	Boot	For	Size	SHA-256
abyss-linux-27.1-aarch64.iso	ARM64	UEFI	Apple Silicon (Apple Virtualization / Lumen, UTM, Parallels, QEMU), ARM64 servers and boards	1.62 GiB	50707aae83246c3462a43b479795db075bb3f606aed3f56c0a76e7730609f4f7
abyss-linux-27.1-x86_64.iso	x86-64	UEFI + BIOS	PCs, laptops, VirtualBox, VMware, QEMU/KVM, Hyper-V	1.64 GiB	ed8c50ef449a5ab9c05ac7b44ce2f91db942d073fb59ba2820c0b3b7b7e0cf97

Verify: sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS (Linux) or shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS (macOS).

Requirements: 2 cores, 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended), 16 GB disk.
Live session: logs in automatically as anon (password voidlinux, root: voidlinux). To install: Menu → Install Abyss Linux, then Partition → auto.

What's new in 27.1

• Boot to desktop in one picture. A Plymouth "Abyss" splash from the first seconds, then a LightDM login screen on the same artwork: your user is already selected and the password box sits at the bottom centre. The live ISO logs in by itself; installed systems ask for your password. No text login flashes on screen any more.
• Shutdown fixed. Some installs failed poweroff with init: fatal: unable to create /etc/runit/stopit. Abyss now repairs runit's control files at every boot, and the new abyss-power helper falls back to a clean manual shutdown if needed (abyss-power diagnose shows the details).
• A smarter Abyss menu. Your installed apps, grouped by category, each with its real icon and a short description of what it is ("Thunar · File Manager"), so programs with unusual names explain themselves. Settings are grouped into Network, Sound, Display (with text size), Keyboard and Appearance; System has a monitor, disks, services and power diagnostics; Session has lock, sleep, log out, restart and shut down.
• App search with icons. rofi shows each app's icon and what it does.
• A compact status bar: network ↓/↑ speed, CPU % and temperature (on machines with a sensor), RAM, disk and the clock.
• An Abyss installer: Abyss texts and defaults throughout.
• Shell: poweroff and reboot go through abyss-power; bash in vi mode with u / i / q / r for XBPS update / install / search / remove.

Upgrading from 27.0? Packages update with sudo xbps-install -Su as usual; the boot splash, login screen and new menu come with a fresh install of this ISO.

Full details are in the README and the CHANGELOG.

Abyss Linux 27.0

The first public release of Abyss Linux: a minimalist, rolling-release, systemd-free desktop built on Void Linux and the suckless tools.

Downloads

File	Architecture	Boot	For	Size	SHA-256
abyss-linux-27.0-aarch64.iso	ARM64	UEFI	Apple Silicon (Apple Virtualization / Lumen, UTM, Parallels, QEMU), ARM64 servers and boards	1.58 GiB	d511029fb5118650c0e69c14df993eb65880c9e9a7c333ee70951c19e2b1ed37
abyss-linux-27.0-x86_64.iso	x86-64	UEFI + BIOS	PCs, laptops, VirtualBox, VMware, QEMU/KVM, Hyper-V	1.59 GiB	4ba82005000edd24eb93a854912bfafbdf06c22b8bedaff6d09f6425096e7141

Verify: sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS (Linux) or shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS (macOS).

Requirements: 2 cores, 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended), 16 GB disk.
Live session: user anon, password voidlinux (root: voidlinux). To install: Menu → Install Abyss Linux, then Partition → auto.

What's inside

Layer	Components
Base (Void Linux, glibc, rolling)	Linux 6.18.57 · glibc 2.41 · runit · XBPS 0.60.7 · dracut 112 · GRUB 2.12 · elogind 252.39 · dbus 1.16.2 · polkit 127 · opendoas 6.8.2
Suckless (Abyss PMR)	abyss-dwm 6.8_1 (systray, status2d, vanitygaps, scratchpad, attachaside, autostart) · abyss-st 0.9.3_1 (clipboard, HiDPI font) · abyss-dmenu 5.4_1 (center, border, line-height, password, case-insensitive) · abyss-slock 1.7_1 · abyss-tabbed 0.9_1 · abyss-wmname 0.1_1
Desktop	Xorg · xmenu 4.5.5 (Abyss menu) · sxhkd 0.6.3 · rofi 2.0.0 · dunst 1.13.2 · feh 3.13.1 · PipeWire 1.6.9 + WirePlumber 0.5.18 · NetworkManager 1.56.0 · Mesa 26.2.5 · JetBrains Mono + Nerd Font symbols
Apps	mpv 0.41.0 · vim 9.2.1031 · lf r42 · Thunar 4.20.10 · Alacritty 0.17.0 · btop 1.4.7 · fastfetch 2.69.0 · eza · bat · fzf · ripgrep · fd · jq · OpenSSH 10.6p1 · rsync 3.5.1

Highlights

• Updates without reinstalling. The suckless tools come from the signed Abyss Linux PMR (https://mrzakaria.github.io/AbyssLinuxPMR/current, key c6:f0:d1:05:cb:f1:89:83:58:c2:e2:e4:4c:c9:09:9a), which is preconfigured next to the Void repositories. sudo xbps-install -Su updates everything.
• A clean, minimal bar with a one-click Menu (Apps, System settings, Tools, Power).
• HiDPI out of the box in Apple Virtualization and on large screens.
• A readable installer: dark theme, large font, one-step automatic UEFI partitioning.
• Silent boot straight to the desktop.

Full details are in the README and the CHANGELOG.