Download LinuxDoors v1.4
Hot off the build. A hybrid Linux distribution: install from fast prebuilt zips, or flip a switch and build any package from real source instead.
Download linuxdoors.iso (1.74 GB)linuxdoors.iso is a 1.74 GB BIOS+UEFI hybrid ISO -- boots straight to a working XFCE desktop with real networking, a text editor, and two real web browsers (NetSurf, and full Firefox built from source). Default login:linuxdoors/linuxdoors(root is alsolinuxdoors).
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Hybrid, by design
Compiled zips are the default. Source builds are one switch away.
LinuxDoors is built from Linux From Scratch and BLFS, by hand, package by package -- and every package keeps its own build script and pinned source tarball around after it's built, not just the finished binary. That means every install here can go one of two ways: take the small prebuilt zip (fast, the default), or toggle source mode and have that exact package compiled fresh on your own machine instead, live, using the same script LinuxDoors itself used.
Version history
Every real milestone, in order.
Firefox, Chrome*, net-tools
A full LLVM + Rust toolchain, built specifically to compile real, unmodified Firefox from source -- plus the classic net-tools (netstat/route/arp/...) alongside iproute2. (*Chrome itself is proprietary and not source-buildable; Chromium was considered and set aside in favor of completing real Firefox first.)
Network: DHCP, ping works
Found and fixed the real bug: systemd-networkd had no .network file telling it to manage any interface. A generic Type=ether/DHCP=yes config brought up real DHCP, a real default route, and working DNS resolution.
NetSurf (no network)
A real, lightweight web browser (NetSurf) and the Mousepad text editor, both built from source with no Rust toolchain required. Still no working network.
First working distribution with XFCE (no network)
A full minimal XFCE4 desktop -- X11, Mesa, GTK3, lightdm, the XFCE4 core apps -- boot-verified with zero failed systemd units. Networking not wired up yet.
First working live ISO
The very first LinuxDoors boot -- hand-built from Linux From Scratch (systemd edition), verified end to end in QEMU: kernel, initramfs, squashfs+overlay root, systemd, and a real login.