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Basalt 1.2 Obsidian is based on Debian 13 (Trixie) — the latest stable Debian release — and ships with the Xfce desktop environment.
~2.3 GB · Live USB or DVD · 64-bit
Download ISOHosted on SourceForge · Fastest mirror automatically selected
3.3 MB · Build scripts + Dockerfile · MIT License
Download ScriptsIncludes Dockerfile, bldbasalt, and live-build config
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Linux / macOS
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Everything used to build Basalt Linux is open source and MIT licensed. Download the build archive below or browse the source on GitLab.