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ⓘ About this installer

Operating systems are installed from bootable media rather than a package command. Each card links to the official download and shows the recommended way to create install media. Always double-check the target device (/dev/sdX) before running dd — it overwrites the whole drive.

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Windows 11

Proprietary

Use the Media Creation Tool, or write the ISO to a USB drive with Rufus / Ventoy, then boot from it.

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macOS

Proprietary

Only installable on Apple hardware. Download from the App Store, then build install media with createinstallmedia.

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyUSB

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Ubuntu

Open source

Write the ISO to a USB drive (Ventoy, Rufus, balenaEtcher) and boot it. On Linux you can use dd directly.

sudo dd if=ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync

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Debian

Open source

Download the netinst or full ISO and write it to a USB drive, then boot from it.

sudo dd if=debian-12-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync

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Fedora

Open source

Use Fedora Media Writer (recommended) or write the ISO to a USB drive with dd.

sudo dd if=Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync

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Arch Linux

Open source

Write the ISO to a USB drive, boot it, and follow the guided archinstall script or the manual install guide.

sudo dd if=archlinux-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync

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FreeBSD

Open source

Download the memstick image and write it to a USB drive, then boot the installer (bsdinstall).

sudo dd if=FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress

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