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Fig. 01 — Overview

Bare ground.
No noise.
Just system.

Mink-OS is a TTY-only, headless-first immutable Linux. No desktop. No bloat. Non-free codecs built in, out-of-tree kmods included, ZFS and v4l2loopback ready. A clean base for custom images and headless environments.

Download → View on GitHub
mink-os — tty1
mink@localhost:~$ uname -a
Linux mink-os 6.12.0-ferret #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
mink@localhost:~$ rpm -q mink-os
mink-os-1.0.0-1.ferret.x86_64
mink@localhost:~$ █
Fig. 02 — Technical Specification

What's in the box.

Every decision made intentionally. Nothing preinstalled that you didn't ask for.

BASE
Fedora + bootc — atomic, image-based, OCI-native
INCLUDED
DESKTOP / WM
None — TTY only, no display server, no window manager
NOT PRESENT
PREINSTALLED APPS
None — clean slate, add only what you need
NOT PRESENT
NON-FREE CODECS
Built in — H.264, H.265, AAC, and friends, no manual setup
INCLUDED
OUT-OF-TREE KMODS
Ferret kmod repo layered in — broad hardware support out of the box
INCLUDED
V4L2LOOPBACK
Built in — virtual video device support, no manual DKMS needed
INCLUDED
ZFS
OpenZFS support baked in — ready to use, no post-install steps
INCLUDED
NVIDIA VARIANT
Separate image with proprietary NVIDIA drivers pre-layered
SEPARATE IMAGE
USE CASES
Custom image builds · headless servers · CI environments · base layers
IDEAL FIT
Fig. 03 — Desktop Preview

See it in action.

Mink-OS desktop preview
Fig. 04 — Download

Pick your image.

Two variants. Same minimal core. Choose based on your hardware.

01

Mink-OS Standard

Mesa · open drivers · universal

STABLE
VERSION1.0.0
ARCHx86_64
SIZE~1.2 GB
FORMAT.iso
SHA256
— placeholder — checksum will appear here on release —
Download Standard →
02

Mink-OS NVIDIA

Proprietary NVIDIA drivers pre-layered

NVIDIA
VERSION1.0.0
ARCHx86_64
SIZE~1.6 GB
FORMAT.iso
SHA256
— placeholder — checksum will appear here on release —
Download NVIDIA →
Fig. 03a — Verify your download
you@host:~/Downloads$ sha256sum mink-os-1.0.0-x86_64.iso
# compare output against the SHA256 above