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Iron Linux · Ingot

Iron Linux Ingot.

Ingot is the first release line of Iron Linux. The system identifies itself as Iron Linux 1.0 (Ingot); its first public build is tagged v0.1.0 and was published on 5 September 2026.

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What is verified, and what is not.

These results come from the project's own README. All testing so far was done in QEMU/KVM; none of it is a statement about real hardware.

Tested in QEMU
  • Live boot to a graphical greetd/gtkgreet login, then the Labwc desktop with its panel, launcher and terminal
  • The Calamares installer flow, Welcome through Finish, and a real install to a blank virtual disk
  • Reboot from the installed disk, graphical login, and sudo apt update against Debian's mirrors
Not tested
  • Real hardware of any kind — everything tested so far is QEMU/KVM
  • End-to-end UEFI boot (the image is structurally validated for UEFI; the full flow was driven through BIOS)
  • Manual partitioning, encrypted installs, dual boot, suspend/resume and Bluetooth on real devices
  • Physical Raspberry Pi 4 hardware validation
Known limitations
  • Installer theming is functional but minimal
  • Firmware package coverage is best-effort and unverified against real devices
  • Mouse clicks on some window-titlebar buttons could not be confirmed in the test harness; keyboard equivalents work

Images

  • Iron Linux for PC

    x86-64 (AMD64) PCs, laptops and virtual machines

    Download 1.47 GB

    Boots live, or installs to disk with the bundled Calamares installer. Tested end to end in QEMU (BIOS boot) only.

    File
    iron-linux-amd64.iso
    SHA-256
    eaf3da617909f07f39454612ce3fe8e71c74484e4cdf9209416899bb9508b541

  • Iron Linux for Raspberry Pi 4

    Raspberry Pi 4, ARM64

    Download 1.78 GB

    Compressed, flashable disk image. The build is validated; physical Raspberry Pi 4 hardware validation is pending.

    File
    iron-linux-rpi4-arm64.img.xz
    SHA-256
    004d6884b94780a2d2d75f76216b9f13d567359e18e773df7ae9b348c91ba76c
  • Release v0.1.0, published 2026-09-05. SHA256SUMS · Release notes. Verify with sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.

The live session's default user is iron with the live-config default password live.