<h1 align="center"><img src="https://hewol.github.io/assets/img/aeros.png"></img><br>aerOS</h1> <p align="center">A work-in-progress Arch-based Linux distro built with <code>archiso</code>.</p> <p align="center">Have a weak PC? Try out <a href="https://github.com/hewol/aerOS-core">aerOS Core.</a></p>

Requirements

To run aerOS smoothly, you should meet these requirements:

Recommended requirements

• 4 GB or more RAM
• Any modern 64-bit CPU (dual core or more)
• 32 GB or more storage
• Any modern GPU

Minimum requirements

• 3 GB or more RAM
• 64-bit CPU (single core or more)
• 16 GB or more storage
• At least an iGPU (otherwise how you will get display output?)

How To Build

You can build aerOS successfully if you get archiso.<br> This is a package supplied by Arch Linux that will allow you to build aerOS.<br>

You can check the package version here.<br> We are working to ensure that aerOS can be always built with the latest version of archiso.<br> If it doesn't, please open an issue, and we will fix it.<br>

Run sudo pacman -Q archiso before running the build script, then you can proceed to building.<br>

To build aerOS, run time make or time ./build.sh and wait. After some time you should receive your copy of aerOS. Enjoy!

Maintained Versions

This is the list of aerOS releases.<br> For maintained releases you will get official support.<br> For unmaintained versions of aerOS you won't get that, but you can still get community support and any package updates from Arch Linux.<br> It is always recommended to use the current release.

• Each Planning Release won't get support.<br> That's because those are prototype releases of aerOS and not very official.
• Each ESB (Early Stage Beta) release will get one month of support.<br> No ESB release is supported anymore, and they are very broken. Please upgrade.
• Each Beta or RC release will get five months of support.<br> We recommend to upgrade from a Beta/RC to a full release to get every feature and full support.
• Each major release will get one year of support.<br> This is what you should use to get every feature and full support.

Supported Release Types

Do not use any release types marked in ❌.

If you use them, we will not offer support.

| Versions | Maintained | EOL Date | | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | | v1.5 | ✅ | 05/03/2025 | | v1.0 | ✅ | 01/30/2025 | | v1.0 RC | ❌ | 05/25/2024 | | v1.0 Beta | ❌ | 03/29/2024 | | v1.0 Early Beta | ❌ | 11/09/2023 |

Supported Releases

| Versions | Maintained | EOL Date | | ---------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | | v1.5 | ✅ | 05/03/2025 | | v1.1 Update 2 (v1.1-2) | ✅ | 01/30/2025 | | v1.1 Update 1 (v1.1) | ❌ | 01/05/2025 | | v1.0 | ❌ | 01/02/2025 |

Unsupported Releases

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| Versions | EOL Date | | ---------------------------- | ------------------- | | v1.0 RC 3 (RC3) | 05/25/2024 | | v1.0 RC 2 (RC2) | 04/22/2024 | | v1.0 RC 1 (RC1) | 04/04/2024 | | v1.0 Beta 3 (B3) | 03/29/2024 | | v1.0 Beta 2 (B2) | 03/15/2024 | | v1.0 Beta 1 (B1) | 03/14/2024 | | v1.0 Early Beta 12 (ESB12) | 11/09/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 11 (ESB11) | 11/06/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 10 (ESB10) | 11/03/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 9 (ESB9) | 09/17/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 8 (ESB8) | 08/18/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 7 (ESB7) | 08/13/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 6 (ESB6) | 08/10/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 5 (ESB5) | 08/03/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 4 (ESB4) | 07/27/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 3 (ESB3) | 07/24/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 2 (ESB2) | 07/02/2023 | | v1.0 Early Beta 1 (ESB1) | 06/26/2023 |

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