Not a rebrand. Not a respin. Own kernel build, own installer, own package manager, KDE Plasma 6 on top. Everything in this pipeline is maintained in this project, not borrowed from one.
SmechOS is an independent Linux distribution with its own custom build
system -- not a rebrand or derivative of an existing distro. The
desktop is KDE Plasma 6. The package manager is spk,
built specifically for SmechOS. Every part of the pipeline, from
kernel compilation to the installer, is maintained as part of the
project itself.
spk is SmechOS's own package manager: spk
install for any package, and spk
system-upgrade to bring the whole machine forward.
Built for this distro specifically, not adapted from another
one.
The SmechOS installer is a from-scratch wizard covering partitioning, network setup, profile selection, and bootloader installation -- built to run reliably on real hardware and virtual machines alike, not bolted on after the fact.
SmechOS ships KDE Plasma 6 as its desktop environment, integrated directly into the system's own build pipeline rather than pulled in as an unmodified third-party package.
Running an operating system shouldn't mean handing control of it to someone else. That means an independent build system, a package manager built for this distro specifically, and an installer that's actually maintained rather than assumed to "just work" because it was copied from elsewhere.
Active, ongoing project -- compiling its own kernel, building its own installer, hosting its own packages. Still early. What's finished and what isn't is stated plainly below, not dressed up as a finished product.
The kernel is compiled as part of the SmechOS build pipeline, not shipped unmodified from somewhere else. The installer, the package manager, and the bootloader setup are all maintained in the same project, so there's one place to look when something needs fixing -- not five unrelated upstreams to chase down.
A live KDE Plasma 6.6 LTS ISO that boots straight to a working desktop -- verified on real hardware. RC2's ISO built but never actually reached a working desktop; this release root-causes and fixes the full chain behind that (Mesa/GBM, systemd D-Bus session units, Qt plugin paths, Xwayland, fontconfig) and ships spk 2.1.0 with support for pkg.smech.xyz, SmechOS's first independent package repo.
Still an RC. Not a stable release. Read the specs before you write it to a disk.
go to downloadsOpen project. Found a bug, hit a hardware issue, or want to contribute? The issue tracker is the place to start -- bug reports, feature requests, and hardware compatibility findings all go there.
