ISO
Following the idea to share the right ISO for the right user we want to supply some indications that help users on choose the ISO for their needs.
We use these labels in the hereinafter ISOs description with these mean:
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
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newbie
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Ideal for new users and/or not developers that don't need a compilator. |
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student
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Ideal for students that searching for school stuff. |
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developer
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Ideal for developers that need a compilator and includes. |
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tester
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Ideal for users that want help Macaroni with testing. |
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funtoo
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Ideal for Funtoo/Gentoo users want to have Portage metadata on Macaroni. |
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services
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Ideal for System Engineers, Developers users who want to use Macaroni to set up services. |
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nerd-herd
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Not for weak of heart. Need good preparation in computer science or an advance experience. Inspired by the Chuck Series. |
Choice your ISO
At the moment, all our ISOs are based on Phoenix release. If you want to install Macaroni OS on your computer and/or laptop you need to use the Release ISOs. The weekly ISO are for testing.
All of the ISOs use Calamares as Installer.
The password of the macaroni user is macaroni.
| Name | Labels | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix Gnome | newbie student | A minimal Gnome Desktop ISO to install Macaroni Gnome with Calamares or to recovery an exiting system. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix Gnome Live | newbie student | Ready to use ISO with different tools for Office/School/Graphic that could be installed too. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix XFCE | newbie student | A XFCE Desktop ISO to install Macaroni XFCE with Calamares. Ideal for XFCE fans and for old computers. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix LXQt | newbie student | A LXQt Desktop ISO to install Macaroni LXQt DE with Calamares. Ideal for LXQt fans and for old computers. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix i3 | nerd-herd | A i3 Desktop ISO to install Macaroni i3 DE with XFCE Terminal through the Calamares installer. Ideal for i3 fans and for old computers. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix Gnome Devel | funtoo developer student nerd-herd | A minimal Gnome Desktop ISO where are enabled the subsets portage and devel. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix XFCE Devel | funtoo developer student nerd-herd | A XFCE Desktop ISO to install Macaroni XFCE with Calamares where are enabled the subsets portage and devel. Ideal for XFCE fans and for old computers. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix Gnome Testing Live | tester | Macaroni Gnome Live ISO with testing and/or develop repositories. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix XFCE Testing Live | tester | Macaroni XFCE Live ISO with testing and/or develop repositories. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix LXQt Testing | tester | A LXQt Desktop ISO with testing and/or develop repositories. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix i3 Testing | tester nerd-herd | A i3 Desktop ISO with testing and/or develop repositories. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix Server | services | Macaroni Server release with a minimal number of packages and with LXD. Normally used in server or VM. |
| Macaroni Funtoo Phoenix Server Devel | services funtoo developer nerd-herd | Macaroni Server release with the subsets `portage` and `devel` enabled. Installing needed packages could be used Portage. |
Our last release is 23.11 and it uses kernel 5.10.199 for Server ISOs and 6.1.60 for the others.