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Game. Build. Create.
system ready

Debian Trixie + KDE Plasma + Liquorix Kernel.
Gaming stack, engineering tools, custom theme.
No post-install tinkering. Boot it. Game on it. Build on it.

▼ Download ISO ~4.7 GB · resumable ⬇ Mirror (GitHub)
Debian Trixie KDE Plasma Liquorix 7.0 AMD64 GPL-3.0

── Features ──

🎮

Gaming Stack

Steam, Wine 10.0, DXVK, MangoHud, GameMode, vkBasalt, Gamescope — Proton-ready out of the box.

steam · wine · dxvk · proton · mangohud
🔧

Engineering Tools

FreeCAD, KiCad, OpenSCAD, GNU Radio, Octave, Jupyter, Docker — CAD, EDA, simulation ready.

freecad · kicad · octave · docker · jupyter
⚡

Liquorix Kernel

Gaming-tuned 7.0.5 with low-latency scheduler, performance CPU governor, transparent hugepage optimization.

7.0.5 · low-latency · zen-tuned · preempt
🎨

Custom Theme

Cohesive teal-on-dark across GRUB, Plymouth boot splash, SDDM login, and KDE Plasma — Webcore/XP inspired.

grub · plymouth · sddm · plasma · zenos.colors
🔒

Pragmatic Security

AppArmor + UFW firewall + unattended security upgrades + SSH hardening. Not a fortress, not a free-for-all.

apparmor · ufw · auto-updates · ssh-hardened
🕹️

Handheld Ready

Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go — controller udev rules, TDP control, Gamescope Big Picture mode.

steamdeck · rog-ally · gamescope · tdp

── Desktop ──

session
KDE Plasma Wayland (X11 fallback)
theme
ZenOS.colors — teal-on-dark, Webcore/XP inspired
audio
PipeWire + WirePlumber — 256 quantum / 48kHz (5.3ms)
profiles
Gaming / Balanced / Battery — one-click CPU + audio + GPU tuning
first-boot
PyQt5 wizard — GPU detect, NVIDIA install, Flatpak app selector
tools
zenos-control-center · zenos-game-hub · zenos-performance · zenos-system-toolkit

── Get ZEN-OS ──

01

Download

Grab the ISO (~4.7 GB). The download is resumable — if it drops, just click again.

▼ Download v1.0.0-alpha
sha256 sha512 mirror ↗
02

Verify

Confirm integrity before flashing. Don't skip this.

sha256sum -c zenos-1.0.iso.sha256
03

Write

sudo dd if=zenos-1.0.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress && sync

or just drop the ISO on a Ventoy drive

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/zarigata/zen-os.git
cd zen-os
make build

Docker-based. Works on any OS. 15–45 min. Full guide → BUILD.md

── Roadmap ──

● Phases 0–7 — Foundation → Gaming → Engineering → Theming → Security → First-Boot → Handheld → MCP
● CI/CD — GitHub Actions validation, package resolution, leak detection
○ GNOME Edition — Alternative desktop for v1.1
○ APT Repository — Custom Debian repo for ZEN-OS packages