Download takhiOS

Pick a tier, flash it to USB, boot. Every image is UEFI + BIOS, encrypted and persistent.

Desktops

Desktop (GNOME)

Everyone — the default

Full GNOME. The flagship daily driver.

📥 Downloadimage URL: https://downloads.takhios.com/takhios-community-desktop.uil.img

Xfce

Older or limited hardware

Lightweight and fast. A classic, no bloat.

📥 Downloadimage URL: https://downloads.takhios.com/takhios-community-xfce.uil.img

KDE Plasma

Tinkerers and customizers

Feature-rich and endlessly configurable.

📥 Downloadimage URL: https://downloads.takhios.com/takhios-community-kde.uil.img

Gaming

Steam, drivers and performance tuned for play.

Coming soon

Hyprland

Keyboard-driven power users

Tiling Wayland compositor with beautiful animations.

Coming soon

COSMIC

System76's modern Rust desktop.

Coming soon

Niri

Scrollable-tiling Wayland, focused and calm.

Coming soon

Servers

Server

VPS, cloud and headless machines

Hardened server: key-only SSH, SSH-only firewall, serial console, automatic security updates.

📥 Downloadimage URL: https://downloads.takhios.com/takhios-community-server.uil.img

Tiny

Servers and headless use

Minimal CLI, no desktop — just clean Arch.

Coming soon

Special purpose

Experimental

Plymouth boot splash and the newest bits.

Coming soon

Privacy

The privacy-conscious

Hardened and telemetry-free.

Coming soon

Kiosk

Kiosks and signage

A single fullscreen app, locked down.

Coming soon

virtio-win.iso

Windows VM users

Red Hat virtio Windows drivers ISO. Required for acceptable Windows VM disk and network performance.

📥 Downloadimage URL: https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso

🌐 Network installer (ISO)

349.8 MB

A small bootable ISO that boots a menu, fetches the full image over the network and writes it to the disk you choose — made for VPS and CD-ROM slots.

📥 Download ISOimage URL: https://pub-34f2443a28bb49faa80d876abf04ce4b.r2.dev/takhios-community-netinstall.isoSHA-256: 32d9d63ece480da6f23a32792cfe91f5e4f281f729c2bd061c77d1037c135696

The install is destructive to the target disk.

1 · Verify the download

sha256sum takhios-community-desktop.uil.img
# 708ed7e8990e850c6ab7f4d08299f1441b1af5ef5b47c53689dc37db7408c97e

2 · Write it to a USB stick

UIL VM Manager → Writer Preferred

Reads the stick back to verify the write, shows progress and ejects the device safely.

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Linux

sudo dd if=takhios-community-desktop.uil.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress

macOS

Find the device with diskutil list, unmount it, then write to the raw device — it is much faster.

diskutil list
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN
sudo dd if=takhios-community-desktop.uil.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=4M status=progress

Windows

Rufus (choose DD mode) or balenaEtcher — third-party tools.

Internal disk

Same as the USB command, pointing at the internal disk (for example /dev/nvme0n1). Warning: this erases that disk.

VPS

Use the Network installer (ISO) disc above — there is no separate VPS download.

Writing instructions are currently in English.

3 · Boot and install

Reboot, pick the USB, and choose Live Desktop to try or Install takhiOS to install. Works on BIOS and UEFI.