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Installation

OrganicOS is being built as an installable Linux distribution, not only as a live Linux environment. There is also a WSL2 importable OrganicOS rootfs handoff.

Current Status

Section titled “Current Status”

A local release-candidate ISO exists:

  • Artifact: OrganicOS-24.04-rc1-amd64.iso
  • Target: amd64
  • Base: Kubuntu 24.04.3 desktop amd64
  • Status: release candidate exists locally; public install instructions still need validation.
  • SHA-256: 9410a2e75abfef547b8071ac4108a2d4b7f9e8d29499f33f28a11e4780c3a702

A local WSL2 import artifact also exists:

  • Artifact: OrganicOS-WSL2-rootfs.tar
  • Target: WSL2
  • Size: 131G
  • Status: importable rootfs exists locally; public handoff still needs validation and redaction review.
  • SHA-256: 8147e0f3f95ab2c42304ba0959ad86fd214e916488c44e790e429ab88c642099

Import shape:

Terminal window
wsl --import OrganicOS "<WINDOWS_DISTRO_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>" "<WINDOWS_PATH_TO_THIS_FOLDER>\OrganicOS-WSL2-rootfs.tar" --version 2

Installation instructions should not be expanded from memory or assumptions. They should be generated from verified installers, scripts, packaging notes, release artifacts, and diagnostics.

Future Coverage

Section titled “Future Coverage”
  • Host requirements
  • Linux ISO boot, install, and first-run flow
  • Windows and WSL2 import validation
  • Local service setup
  • First-run configuration
  • Rollback and recovery entry points