Pre-alpha · Phase 1 · Glass WIP

Lean Glass.
CachyOS speed, less bloat.

LuminOS is a CachyOS/Arch-based distribution focused on a single Glass Hyprland desktop. Phase 1 builds the lean live/install profile. Phase 2 adds thin Windows app support — not fake “done” marketing.

GitHub Source SourceForge (mirror later) Roadmap
Glass One flavor now
linux-cachyos Kernel target
Phase 2 Windows apps later
LuminOS Desktop Wallpaper
user@luminos:~$ lumin-fetch
OS: LuminOS Glass (pre-alpha)
Base: CachyOS / Arch
Desktop: Hyprland (lean)
Windows apps: Phase 2

Glass Edition (active)

Hyprland Wayland desktop with a deliberately small package set. Extra flavors stay on the roadmap until they exist.

ACTIVE

Glass

Hyprland lean

Flagship Wayland session: waybar, wofi, foot, SDDM, PipeWire, NetworkManager, ZRAM — no Plasma, no Steam stack.

  • linux-cachyos
  • CachyOS + Arch repos
  • Strip-the-bloat package policy
PLANNED

Lite

Not started

Future ultra-minimal shell for older hardware. Not available yet.

PLANNED

GameDeck

Not started

Future opt-in gaming layer. Will not bloat the Glass base image.

PLANNED

Workstation

Not started

Future developer/office extras. Separate from lean Glass.

ROADMAP

Phase 1 now · Phase 2 Windows apps next

Phase 1 finishes a bootable lean Glass ISO on a CachyOS/Arch build host. Phase 2 wires Wine-GE or Proton with optional Bubblewrap — seamless when ready, absent until then.

# Compile helpers today
$ ./build-lumin.sh

# ISO build (Linux / CachyOS host — see docs/BUILDING.md)
$ sudo ./tools/build-iso.sh

Native helpers

Small C utilities. Windows-related commands honestly report “not implemented” until Phase 2.

lumin-fetch

System info with the LuminOS star emblem.

lumin-mgr

Status CLI; --run-exe reserved for Phase 2.

lumin-powerd

Advisory AC/battery profile helper (daemon later).

lumin-security

Audit CLI; sandbox runner arrives in Phase 2.

lumin-game

Opt-in gaming mode placeholder — not in Glass base.

lumin-install

Windows installer helper — Phase 2.

PRE-ALPHA

ISO status

A verified lean Glass ISO is not published from this Phase 1 tree yet. Older v1.0.0-rc1 assets are historical — see release notes in the repo. Watch GitHub Releases for the next honest Glass build.

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