BifrOSt 0.2.0

BifrOSt 0.2.0

Íslenskt · frjálst · byggt á Arch Linux — Icelandic-first developer workstation and live/install ISO based on Arch Linux.

What 0.2 provides

• Icelandic-first installer and COSMIC desktop
• Whole-disk GPT/Btrfs installation with UEFI systemd-boot
• Optional LUKS2 encryption
• Mandatory base profile plus optional Rust, containers, web, and Python profiles
• Pre-wipe target and package-source revalidation
• Retained installer diagnostics and per-user first-boot welcome
• Icelandic locale, keyboard, timezone, and original BifrOSt artwork

Safety and qualification

0.2 performs whole-disk installation only. Every partition and all data on the confirmed target are removed. Installation requires x86_64 UEFI with Secure Boot disabled.

A user-reported physical run on a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 is recorded as Partial because the tested-media digest and complete checklist were not retained. The published ISO was smoke-tested with QEMU/KVM and OVMF through a usable COSMIC live session; QEMU does not qualify physical hardware.

This release does not claim offline completeness, bit-for-bit reproducibility, rollback, Secure Boot support, or a full physical-hardware Pass.

Artifacts

• bifrost-0.2.0-x86_64.iso
• bifrost-0.2.0-x86_64.iso.sha256.unsigned — integrity check only; not publisher authentication
• bifrost-0.2.0-x86_64.build.json
• bifrost-0.2.0-x86_64.packages.json

Documentation

• Installation and safety
• Hardware qualification
• QEMU test plan
• Verify and write USB
• Recovery

BifrOSt 0.1.0

BifrOSt 0.1.0

First public BifrOSt release: an Icelandic-first Arch Linux live/install ISO with COSMIC, a native graphical installer, Btrfs defaults, and a Rust-focused developer toolset.

Verification

Verified in accelerated QEMU through:

• Live ISO boot
• Graphical installation onto a blank 24 GiB disk
• Boot of the installed system without the installation ISO

Checksum

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