v0.4.1-beta — fix low-RAM boot panic + branding

Blueberry Linux — v0.4.1-beta

A bugfix + branding release on top of v0.4.0-beta.

Fixes

• Low-RAM boot panic. The initramfs had ballooned because it extracted the
  whole glibc package (gconv modules, static libs, glibc tools), so on a 512 MB
  machine it failed to unpack (Initramfs unpacking failed: write error) and
  panicked (libncursesw.so.6: cannot open). glibc now goes into a build-time
  sysroot and only the runtime libs are bundled — the initramfs is back to ~43 MB
  and boots in 512 MB again, still using the pinned container glibc.

Branding / identity

• Ships /etc/os-release (systemd now greets "Welcome to Blueberry Linux!",
  and neofetch/fastfetch/hostnamectl identify the distro), a branded
  /etc/motd login banner, and /etc/issue pre-login banners.
• bpm --version prints a branded banner; /etc/default/grub sets
  GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Blueberry Linux".
• New package: fastfetch (bpm install fastfetch) — the system-info tool,
  minimal server build.

Images

image	what it is
blueberry-<date>-x86_64.iso	Installer / rescue ISO (carries the install payload)
blueberry-server-x86_64.iso	Live systemd Server (CLI) ISO

Both are hybrid BIOS + UEFI. Write to USB: dd if=<iso> of=/dev/sdX bs=4M oflag=sync.

v0.4.0-beta — installer choices + build from any Linux

Blueberry Linux — v0.4.0-beta

A rolling, source-built, self-hosted CLI server distro. This release is about
the installer and build portability.

Installer

• Choose your root filesystem — ext4 (default), xfs, or btrfs. All three boot
  without an initramfs fs module.
• Optional LVM root — put root on a logical volume (VG blueberry, LV root);
  combines with LUKS as LVM-on-LUKS.
• Network stack is a guided choice — systemd-networkd (lightweight, wired
  servers), NetworkManager (Wi-Fi / roaming), or auto (picks NetworkManager
  when the machine has a Wi-Fi card, else networkd). Every installer question now
  carries an inline explanation. Also settable unattended via BLUEBERRY_NET.

Build & packaging

• Build from any Linux host. glibc is now a pinned artifact fetched from the
  mirror (like the kernel) and bundled from there — never the build host's libc.
  Building on a host with an older glibc than the Arch build container (e.g.
  Ubuntu 24.04) no longer produces an image that panics at boot.
• Daemon packages ship systemd units. nginx, redis, chrony, dcron
  (cron!), and dhcpcd now install a /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.service
  (shipped, not auto-enabled) — systemctl enable <svc> just works.
• Dependency-closure fixes: grub and krb5 no longer declare runtime deps on
  unpackaged libraries.

Images

image	what it is
blueberry-<date>-x86_64.iso	Installer / rescue ISO (carries the install payload)
blueberry-server-x86_64.iso	Live systemd Server (CLI) ISO

Both are hybrid BIOS + UEFI and boot into the installer. Write to USB:
dd if=<iso> of=/dev/sdX bs=4M oflag=sync.

This is a beta — expect rough edges and report what you find.

v0.3.0-beta — a real server userland

Blueberry Linux v0.3.0-beta — a real server userland

Blueberry is a self-hosted, source-built CLI server distribution. This beta
fills out the server toolkit, adds a bunch of package-manager features, and
cleans house.

Images (BIOS + UEFI)

image	what it is
blueberry-<date>-x86_64.iso	Installer / rescue — boots to the TUI installer or a live shell
blueberry-server-x86_64.iso	Live systemd Server (CLI), boots straight to a root shell

Write to USB: dd if=<iso> of=/dev/sdX bs=4M oflag=sync (whole device).

New in the base image

The installed server now has a proper admin userland, not just busybox:
procps-ng (ps/top/free/uptime/vmstat/pkill/sysctl), psmisc
(killall/pstree/fuser), lsof, and a working man (mandoc + the Linux
man-pages). These are on by default.

New on the mirror (bpm install …)

• Storage: lvm2, xfsprogs, btrfs-progs, smartmontools.
• Network: bind-tools (dig/host/nslookup), socat, netcat,
  traceroute, whois, ethtool.
• Everyday: gnupg, xz, zstd, unzip, zip, bash-completion.

bpm 1.8.0

• bpm rollback <pkg> — revert to the previous cached version.
• bpm downgrade <pkg>[=ver] — install a specific older cached version.
• bpm why <pkg> — reverse dependencies / why it's installed.
• bpm depends <pkg> — dependency tree.
• bpm clean [--all] — now keeps the 2 newest versions per package (so
  rollback works); --all empties the cache.
• Man pages: ships man bpm, and re-indexes man pages after each transaction.

Housekeeping

• Relicensed to GPL-3.0-or-later (a proper LICENSE file now exists).
• The mirror was pruned of ~287 stale desktop packages left over from the
  server-only pivot.

This is a beta — expect rough edges, and report what you find.

v0.2.0-beta — server-only edition

Blueberry Linux v0.2.0-beta — server-only

Blueberry is now a single, focused CLI server distribution — the desktop
edition has been removed. One installer image, the TUI installer, BIOS + UEFI.

Installed server ships: systemd, OpenSSH, NetworkManager (nmcli / nmtui)
with wifi (full linux-firmware + wpa_supplicant), ufw firewall, a complete
GNU userland (grep/sed/gawk/findutils/tar/gzip/diff/less/vim/nano/…),
sudo, tzdata, and console keymaps (loadkeys/kbd).

image	what it is
blueberry-20260702-x86_64.iso	Blueberry Server installer

Write to USB: dd if=<iso> of=/dev/sdX bs=4M oflag=sync (whole device). Beta.

v0.1.1-beta — console login + verified wifi & ufw

Blueberry Linux v0.1.1-beta

Second beta. Fixes and verification since v0.1.0-beta:

• Console/serial login fixed — agetty couldn't exec /bin/login
  (merged-usr gap) and login(1) had no /etc/login.defs; both fixed. TTY
  and serial login now work (graphical SDDM login already did).
• WiFi verified working — NetworkManager (nmcli 1.50, nmtui),
  wpa_supplicant 2.11 and the full linux-firmware set. Tested live: NM
  starts, manages and connects an interface.
• Firewall (ufw) working — kernel gained the legacy netfilter/iptables
  tables (NETFILTER_XTABLES_LEGACY); ufw enable now installs and enforces
  rules. Tested live: default-deny incoming with an allow rule active.

Images (BIOS + UEFI, all boot into the TUI installer):

image	what it is
blueberry-20260702-x86_64.iso	Server (rolling CLI)
blueberry-desktop-26.10-kde-x86_64.iso	Desktop, offline install
blueberry-desktop-26.10-kde-netinstall-x86_64.iso	Desktop, netinstall

Write to USB: dd if=<iso> of=/dev/sdX bs=4M oflag=sync. Still beta.

v0.1.0-beta — first public beta

Blueberry Linux — beta release

First public beta. Images (BIOS + UEFI, all boot into the TUI installer):

image	what it is
blueberry-<date>-x86_64.iso	Server (rolling CLI)
blueberry-desktop-<ver>-kde-x86_64.iso	Desktop, offline install
blueberry-desktop-<ver>-kde-netinstall-x86_64.iso	Desktop, netinstall

Write to a USB stick: dd if=<iso> of=/dev/sdX bs=4M oflag=sync

This is a beta: expect rough edges, report what you find.