C:\Deb

C:\Deb is a Win32/Linux system built on Debian 13 and Wine, with a borrowed userland from ReactOS, focused on seamless support for Windows applications without giving up traditional Linux software.

Table of Contents

• Run C:\Deb
  • Run in QEMU (recommended)
  • 1. Download image
  • 2. Extract image
  • 3. Run VM
  • Run in VirtualBox
• Build from source (optional)
• Project details
• Donate

Run C:\Deb

Prebuilt images are available on GitHub Releases.

There are two formats:

• Raw image (.img) — for QEMU
• VDI disk (.vdi) — for VirtualBox

Run in QEMU (recommended)

1. Download image

From the latest release, download:

• cusdeb-os.img.7z

2. Extract image

7z x cusdeb-os.img.7z

3. Run VM

qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -enable-kvm \
  -m 4096 \
  -smp 2 \
  -drive file=cusdeb-os.img,format=raw,if=virtio \
  -device virtio-vga \
  -display gtk

Run in VirtualBox

Here's a full step-by-step guide with screenshots.

Build from source (optional)

If you want to build the image yourself:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y docker.io

IMAGE_NAME=cusdeb-os.img ROOT_PASSWORD=root ./run-docker-build.sh

Project details

• Debian trixie
• amd64
• GRUB (BIOS/MBR)
• Lightweight GUI + Wine Explorer
• Reproducible Docker-based build

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