Flexium

Lite web-based rolling release Linux distro, based on Arch Linux and the Flexed modular DE. Inspired as a Arch Linux flavour that allows for a Chrome OS-like experience, with access to a real Linux-based OS.

It can be used by anybody (Calamarium installer and browser-focused experience for beginners, in order to make Flexium an Ubuntu alternative; powerusers can use the preinstalled kitty in order to access the Arch Linux package manager and the Runtime Scripts Collection)

I. What does it contain?

• pacman and yay for managing packages. (Same repositories as Arch Linux)
• The Linux Zen kernel
• GRUB bootloader
• Web Browser (at the moment, there are editions for Firefox and Chromium)
• kitty terminal emulator
• Minimalistic custom Desktop Environments (avaiable both on X11 and Wayland, independent from the rest of Flexium)
• Fully-sandboxed environments (for better security)
• calamares installation tool
• Runtime Scripts Collection:
  • Scripts for rebuilding Flexium itself
  • Scripts for auto-installing rg and fd as alternatives to grep and find
  • Scripts for installing thermald and auto-cpufreq for better CPU frequency scaling
  • Script for installing the Container Android Subsystem (based on waydroid)
  • Script to use cpulimit in order to make the Web Browser smoother limiting the rest of the OS
• Building Scripts Collection:
  • Build ISO images (Bootstrap, ISO or Netboot)
  • Select X11 or Wayland, Firefox or Chromium, Flexed or KDE.

II. How to build

Required dependencies: archiso, bash-compatible shell.
After you clone the Git repository:

1. git submodule sync && cd flexed && cargo build --release && cd .. (Only if you want to build the OS with Flexed)
2. cd build_scripts
3. Run one of the select_X.sh if you want to customize the image
4. ./build_iso.sh interactive
5. Congratulations! You have built your own image of Flexium.

III. How to install

III.I. Get the ISO

Either:

• Download from Github Releases
• Build following the instruction above

III.II. Flash drive

Flash your drive using something like Balena Etcher.

III.III. Run the Live OS

Plug your drive into your computer, boot it up, select the drive and enter the Live environment. From there you can try Flexium or can launch the "Installer" application in order to install on the drive.

IV. Missing features

• Grafico GUI Suite:
  • Optional GUI installer (yay frontend).
  • Optional GUI for accessing the Runtime Scripts Collection
  • Optional GUI for customizing Flexed
• Installing Flexed without having to compile each time (as Arch package)