MI Linux Forky Founder — Founder Preview

MI Linux Forky Founder — Founder Preview

This Founder Preview ISO is hosted on MannCloud for download and mirrored here in GitHub Releases with checksum files and a download URL asset.

Download ISO:
https://manncloud.mannindustries.org/downloads/mi-linux/founder-preview/mi-linux-forky-founder-amd64.iso

Checksums:

SHA256:
8970674a65feb7f2801c94ee3a344aba7518ce3281bb83bd38ba5ad40d45439d

SHA512:
4acf57493ee82cf92d6da9daa98236aa0ff8448c042ea64d75ac9db82c76ab0f6b96ed17f5b75bab9b29fc326d1db5a1285afcb8bea6ca80f3e7c64a92736ffa

Latest source recipe commit:
ef7e228f43e7d7222453d015f2731c405b499819

Update-channel wording included in this ISO:

• Default installed channel: forky-founder
• Optional commented channel: forky-tester
• Tester comment now reads: “Current quarterly tester channel for advanced users only. Uncomment intentionally.”

Build highlights:

• MI Linux branded USB boot menu and live desktop experience.
• MI Linux apt update server configured at https://apt.mannindustries.org.
• forky-founder enabled by default.
• forky-tester present but commented out for intentional tester opt-in.
• MI Linux archive keyring included at /usr/share/keyrings/mi-linux-archive-keyring.gpg.
• MI Linux Welcome and Update Manager launchers included.

Known status:

• Founder Preview remains an early public preview.
• Validate hardware, Secure Boot behavior, Waydroid readiness, installation flow, and update behavior before using on a primary machine.