ThorOS 0.6 — live lookups + reminders & briefings

ThorOS 0.6 — your AI that looks things up and reminds you

ThorOS is an operating system built around a local AI assistant — "Jarvis" by default, rename it to anything. It drives your desktop, opens apps, writes documents, answers questions, and now does live web lookups and scheduled reminders. 100% local: no cloud, no account, no telemetry (the AI brain runs on your machine; it only reaches the internet for the specific thing you ask it to look up). Built on Debian 13.

✨ New in 0.6

Ask it anything current. Jarvis now reaches the internet for live facts and reads them back, summarized:

• "What's the price of Bitcoin?" → price, recent trend, and the mood from the headlines
• "What's the weather in Denver?" · "Any news on Tesla?"

Reminders & scheduled briefings. Tell it once and it remembers — and speaks up on its own:

• "Remind me to call mom at 5pm."
• "Meeting with mom tomorrow at 1pm — remind me an hour before."
• "Give me the Bitcoin report every weekday at 9am." (a recurring spoken briefing)

It confirms when you set one, then speaks the reminder and pops a desktop notification when it fires. Manage by voice: "what do I have scheduled," "cancel the Bitcoin report."

Open any installed app by name. Say "open Calendar" — or any program you have installed — with no per-app setup.

Plus the first-boot Welcome window from 0.5 and every earlier reliability fix.

⬇ Download

ThorOS-0.6-amd64.iso  ·  ~4.4 GB

SHA-256: da67e6a43aa8bfab9faa415a6ea60ccc18224256379a94c84477bcca0b844072

Verify after downloading: sha256sum ThorOS-0.6-amd64.iso

Install

1. Write the ISO to an 8 GB+ USB stick with balenaEtcher or Rufus.
2. Boot from it and choose Start installer (or Live system to try it first).
3. On first boot the Welcome window shows progress while it sets up your GPU and downloads the local AI model (~5 GB, needs internet, ~10–20 min).
4. Say your assistant's name (default "Jarvis") and start talking.

➡️ New to Linux? Read the 2-minute Getting Started guide.

First things to try

• "Jarvis, what's the price of Bitcoin?"
• "Jarvis, remind me to stretch in one minute." (you'll hear it fire)
• "Jarvis, the weather in every morning at 8."
• "Jarvis, open Calculator." · "Jarvis, write a thank-you note."

Notes & requirements

• 64-bit PC · 8 GB+ RAM (16 GB recommended) · ~25 GB disk · NVIDIA GPU auto-detected for speed (CPU works, slower).
• Internet needed for first-boot setup and for live lookups; everything else runs offline.
• Reminders/briefings fire while the assistant is running.

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ThorOS 0.5 — first-boot Welcome window

ThorOS 0.5 — AI-first, local-first, voice-driven Linux

ThorOS is an operating system built around a local AI assistant. A voice assistant — "Jarvis" by default, rename it to anything — drives your desktop, opens and controls apps, writes documents, and answers questions. 100% local: no cloud, no account, no telemetry. Built on Debian 13.

✨ New in 0.5

A friendly Welcome window now greets you on first boot. It shows live setup progress (you can watch the AI download instead of wondering if the machine froze), then walks you through talking to your assistant — say "Jarvis", rename it, what to do if something's slow. A "Getting Started" entry is also added to the apps menu to revisit the tips anytime. All the under-the-hood reliability fixes from 0.4 are included.

⬇ Download

ThorOS-0.5-amd64.iso  ·  4.4 GB

SHA-256: 46b3d918a398a5313510ea5fe52ea805ec300c908ab195f6586162495cf74129

Verify after downloading: sha256sum ThorOS-0.5-amd64.iso

Install

1. Write the ISO to an 8 GB+ USB stick with balenaEtcher or Rufus.
2. Boot from it and choose Start installer (or Live system to try it without installing).
3. On first boot the Welcome window appears and shows progress while it auto-detects your GPU and downloads the local AI model (~5 GB — needs internet, ~10–20 min). The assistant is ready once that finishes.
4. Say your assistant's name (default "Jarvis") and start talking — or open the text-chat window.

➡️ New to Linux? Read the 2-minute Getting Started guide.

First steps & troubleshooting

• Be patient on first boot. ThorOS spends ~10–20 minutes (one time, needs internet) downloading its AI model — the Welcome window shows the live percentage. Jarvis says "I'm still getting set up" until that finishes — that's expected, not a bug.
• Talk to it: say "Jarvis" then your request — "Jarvis, open Firefox", "Jarvis, write a thank-you note", "Jarvis, what's 15% of 240?". No microphone? Use the Jarvis Chat window.
• Rename it: say "Jarvis, call yourself Athena" — then just say "Athena." The name is the wake word (no "hey").
• Replies slow? On a PC with an NVIDIA card, the fast GPU driver finishes installing on the first reboot — restart once and it speeds up a lot.
• Check the AI downloaded: open a Terminal and run ollama list — you should see qwen3:8b. If the list is empty, download it manually with ollama pull qwen3:8b and wait for 100%.

Notes for this release

• Hardware-agnostic: boots on any 64-bit PC. An NVIDIA GPU is auto-detected and used for fast responses; it also runs CPU-only (slower for the 8B model).
• Network firmware + SSH are included; the installer configures networking with DHCP.
• Internet is needed once on first boot to fetch the AI model; fully offline-capable afterward.

Requirements

• 64-bit PC · 8 GB+ RAM (16 GB recommended) · ~25 GB disk
• Microphone + speakers for voice (or use the text-chat window)

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ThorOS 0.4 — first public release

ThorOS 0.4 — AI-first, local-first, voice-driven Linux

ThorOS is an operating system built around a local AI assistant. A voice assistant — "Jarvis" by default, rename it to anything — drives your desktop, opens and controls apps, writes documents, and answers questions. 100% local: no cloud, no account, no telemetry. Built on Debian 13.

⬇ Download

ThorOS-0.4-amd64.iso  ·  4.3 GB

SHA-256: bb801780a249f5523007c6832494a19f4ab6dbd426e434d16e6b7ad273171984

Verify after downloading: sha256sum ThorOS-0.4-amd64.iso

Install

1. Write the ISO to an 8 GB+ USB stick with balenaEtcher or Rufus.
2. Boot from it and choose Start installer (or Live system to try it without installing).
3. On first boot it auto-detects your GPU and downloads the local AI model (~5 GB — needs internet, takes a few minutes). The assistant is ready once that finishes.
4. Say your assistant's name (default "Jarvis") and start talking — or open the text-chat window.

➡️ New to Linux? Read the 2-minute Getting Started guide.

First steps & troubleshooting

• Be patient on first boot. ThorOS spends ~10–20 minutes (one time, needs internet) downloading its AI model. Jarvis says "I'm still getting set up" until that finishes — that's expected, not a bug.
• Talk to it: say "Jarvis" then your request — "Jarvis, open Firefox", "Jarvis, write a thank-you note", "Jarvis, what's 15% of 240?". No microphone? Use the Jarvis Chat window.
• Rename it: say "Jarvis, call yourself Athena" — then just say "Athena." The name is the wake word (no "hey").
• Replies slow? On a PC with an NVIDIA card, the fast GPU driver finishes installing on the first reboot — restart once and it speeds up a lot.
• Check the AI downloaded: open a Terminal and run ollama list — you should see qwen3:8b. If the list is empty, download it manually with ollama pull qwen3:8b and wait for 100%.

Notes for this release

• Hardware-agnostic: boots on any 64-bit PC. An NVIDIA GPU is auto-detected and used for fast responses; it also runs CPU-only (slower for the 8B model).
• Network firmware + SSH are included; the installer configures networking with DHCP.
• Internet is needed once on first boot to fetch the AI model; fully offline-capable afterward.

Requirements

• 64-bit PC · 8 GB+ RAM (16 GB recommended) · ~25 GB disk
• Microphone + speakers for voice (or use the text-chat window)

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