SpectrumOS 1.0 · Arch Linux · Hyprland · x86_64
SpectrumOS is an Arch Linux distribution with a cohesive, keyboard-driven Hyprland desktop for gaming, professional work, development, and everyday life. One system for your code, your campaigns, and the suspicious number of browser tabs you call research.
I built SpectrumOS around the way I actually use my computer. The goal: the freedom of Arch, useful tools within reach, and a desktop that feels like it belongs together. Your main quest is getting on with your day.
A good fit if you want Arch’s software ecosystem, a tiling Wayland workflow, and integrated controls without assembling the entire desktop yourself. Here is what you get for your next adventure.
The gaming profile brings Steam, Lutris, Wine Staging, Winetricks, Proton GE, GameMode, Gamescope, MangoHud, GOverlay, and vkBasalt, with matching Vulkan and 32-bit libraries. Tune performance, watch frame times, and get back to the boss fight. Game compatibility still depends on Proton, drivers, and anti-cheat support.
Hyprland workspaces, keyboard navigation, Kitty and Alacritty defaults, Visual Studio Code, Hugo, and Python tools give coding and creative work room to breathe. Questline helps turn a sprawling project into the next manageable task. The deadline dragon remains your responsibility.
Browse, email with Evolution, chat with Discord, Telegram, or Whatsie, manage files in Thunar, and play media with VLC or Stash. KDE Connect links your phone; USB MTP, removable drives, archives, NTFS, and exFAT support make moving files routine.
Wallpaper-derived semantic colors carry through the shell, terminals, launcher, notifications, GTK and Qt applications, folders, and cursor options. Change a wallpaper and the desktop follows. Dramatic wardrobe changes are allowed between meetings.
Pacman handles signed Arch and SpectrumOS packages; Paru handles the reviewed AUR catalog separately. Flatpak and Flathub expand your app choices. Full and Lean installations both include Stash, Questline, and UKVM. Choose CPU, GPU, and laptop or desktop profiles to suit your hardware.
The update workflow checks readiness, makes Btrfs restore points with matching boot backups where supported, applies full package upgrades and migrations, then checks system health. Stable packages are signed. Recovery restores the system and boot together; your home data stays outside system rollback. Even heroes appreciate a save point.
UKVM, Stash, and Questline are apps we made and integrated into the distro. Both Full and Lean install them from the ISO’s signed offline repository. Their Spectrum controls and colors belong to the same desktop.
Share a keyboard and mouse between trusted Linux computers. The native Spectrum widget handles setup, discovery, verified pairing, peer placement, service status, and permissions. Text clipboard sharing and secure file transfers are separate opt-in features; the themed file and folder picker makes sending straightforward. Compare pairing codes and approve desktop portal prompts yourself. One desk, several machines, fewer rounds of “where did I leave that mouse?”
Open with Super + Shift + K. Linux/Wayland integration is the current focus; Windows and macOS backends are not implemented. Interrupted file transfers do not resume.
Explore the source →A fast Rust terminal app combining a dual-pane file browser, music player, and searchable library. Preview files, select batches, and copy or move with background progress. Queue tracks, seek, shuffle, repeat, edit tags, build playlists, and follow lyrics. The Library Healer suggests fixes for missing metadata for you to review. Your folder named “final_FINAL_music_2” has met its match.
Launch Stash or run stash. Spectrum colors follow the desktop; MPRIS metadata and artwork appear in the media widgets.
Explore the source →A terminal productivity RPG: projects become Campaigns, tasks become Quests, notes become Scrolls, and finishing real work earns XP. Set priorities, due dates, and steps; use focus sessions and soundscapes; grow a Zen Tree, unlock powers and relics, and track project money in the Treasury. Offline by default, with optional device and Fellowship sync. The Notification Swarm finally has a worthy opponent.
Run questline or open the desktop widget with Super + Shift + Q. The widget exposes Overview, Tasks, Sidequests, Scrolls, Treasury, Tree, Focus, and Hero.
Explore the source →Every current widget and its job, described in plain language. Use the bar, launcher, Control Center, or shortcuts to reach them. A practical toolkit for your daily quests.
Igor ♥
Igor was my cat. He died, and this is my way of remembering him. His presence in SpectrumOS is personal: a little piece of the companion I miss, still beside me while I work, play, and go about my day.
The optional Igor companion visits the desktop, reacts to music, celebrates completed quests, and naps at screen edges with his familiar face and paws. Move the pointer over sleeping Igor to wake and dismiss him. Visits can be turned off. A small place for him in the system, and a lasting place for him in my heart.
SpectrumOS 1.0.0 · x86_64 · published ISO: October 10, 2026, revision 3
The published image offers Full and Lean installations, hardware profiles, Btrfs, and the Limine bootloader. Stash, Questline, and UKVM are included in both. Installed systems receive later Stable package updates through the update widget or sudo pacman -Syu.
SHA-256: 8e489d402b9a61fb92aae81e85044f648ecf2c8515116776c246c0b6f34ef340Installation erases one selected disk. Back up its data first. This installer does not offer manual partitioning or same-disk dual boot. A VM can help you explore; hardware and game support depend on your machine.
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