Sarbs 1.0 "Aqua"

Sarbs 1.0 "Aqua" — the first release.

A Linux distribution with a macOS-style desktop, built on a Debian 12 core.
Live session plus a graphical installer, on one bootable image.

Base Debian 12 bookworm, amd64 · Desktop Xfce 4.18 with the Sarbs shell
· Look WhiteSur GTK, icon and cursor themes · Boot BIOS and UEFI

Download

The image is 2.06 GB, which is just over GitHub's 2 GiB per-file limit, so it
ships in two parts. Download both, then join them:

Linux / macOS

cat Sarbs-1.0-amd64.iso.part0 Sarbs-1.0-amd64.iso.part1 > Sarbs.iso
sha256sum Sarbs.iso

Windows (PowerShell)

cmd /c copy /b Sarbs-1.0-amd64.iso.part0 + Sarbs-1.0-amd64.iso.part1 Sarbs.iso
Get-FileHash Sarbs.iso -Algorithm SHA256

The joined file must hash to:

1b4885e3b33052f898468ec56682d8816c5f2a42383ee2ce12c3b6e8516ef420

Install

Write Sarbs.iso to a USB stick with Rufus or Balena Etcher in DD mode, or
attach it to a VM with 4 GB RAM and a 25 GB disk. Pick Live system to try
it, or Start installer to install.

Installing overwrites the target disk.

Known issues in this build

• the menu-bar button shows the Debian swirl instead of the Sarbs mark
• the Plymouth boot splash is Debian's, not the Sarbs one
• the Install Sarbs desktop icon does not always appear in the live session
  (the installer is still on the boot menu and in the applications menu)

All three are fixed in main and will be in the next build.

Licensing

The Sarbs configuration is proprietary — see LICENSE. The image itself is
assembled from Debian and the GPL-3.0 WhiteSur themes, whose terms attach to
it regardless; it must not be redistributed as though it were proprietary.

Sarbs is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc.