X Linux

Documentation & tools

A minimal Arch-based distribution, its tooling and its documentation — all in one place.

Downloads

Repositories

Every component of the X Linux project lives in the xlnux organization.

xlnux/x

Arch-based distro: archiso profile, text installer and ISO build.

xlnux/wsl

X Linux for WSL: importable rootfs and WSL configuration.

xlnux/wsl-scripts

Friendly WSL user setup and provisioning.

xlnux/scripts

Provisioning payload and CLI (x): phases, dotfiles, themes, migrations.

xlnux/xpm

Rust package manager for x repositories (ALPM format).

xlnux/xpkg

Rust package builder: XBUILD recipes to ALPM-compatible archives.

xlnux/x-repo

Binary package repository ([x]) and package portal.

xlnux/wiki

Documentation sources for every repository (English/Spanish).

xlnux/web

This documentation portal: landing and browsable docs.

X uses Arch-compatible packages for pacman and its own native format for xpm.

Arch-compatible .pkg.tar.zst packages served from x-repo. Add the [x] repository to pacman.conf and install with pacman -S.

[x]
Server = https://xlnux.github.io/x-repo/repo/x86_64

Native packages built by xpkg from XBUILD recipes and installed with xpm. The endpoint lives under x-repo/x/x86_64.

[[repo]]
server = ["https://xlnux.github.io/x-repo/x/$arch"]

Guides for the distro, WSL, provisioning, packaging and the package repository — in English and Spanish.