KydeOS

A personal, experimental operating system based on Debian, heavily customized with a Material 3 Expressive UI and a custom desktop environment (KydeShell). This project is built and maintained primarily as a solo development endeavor.

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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER / WARNING

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. This operating system is an experimental, personal project in its early stages of development.

• No Warranty: The system is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind.
• Data Loss Risk: Testing or installing this OS may lead to system instability, boot failures, or data loss. Ensure you back up all important data before attempting to run or install KydeOS.
• Not for Production: Do not use this as your primary operating system for daily, critical work.

Key Features

• Material 3 Expressive UI/UX: Comprehensive visual customization designed to provide a modern, sleek, and unified desktop experience.
• KydeShell: Custom desktop environment built from scratch in Rust, using the Smithay framework for a Wayland compositor with XWayland fallback.
• Performance Optimization: Stripped of unnecessary bloatware and background services, targeting ~300MB idle RAM and sub-10s boot time.
• Debian Foundation: Inherits the rock-solid stability and vast software repository of Debian Stable (Bookworm), running a Linux LTS kernel.
• Typography & Icons: Google Sans Flex system font paired with a custom-designed icon set.
• Packages: Native .deb + Flatpak + AppImage support. Snap is intentionally not included.
• Localization: 96 languages supported. Free forever, no ads, minimal telemetry (opt-in only).

Built-in Apps

• Krowser — custom browser built by the developer
• Terminal, Files, Text Editor, Settings
• KydeStore — native app store (planned)

Update Channels

Public release channels for end users:

• Nightly — automated nightly builds, most experimental
• Beta — feature-complete, community testing
• Stable — official release for end users

(An internal Alpha channel is also used for early developer testing before features reach Beta.)

Build & Test Guide (For Devs / Contributors)

This project is built directly within a controlled Linux environment:

• Environment: WSL2 (Debian)
• Toolchain: live-build, debootstrap (lb config / lb build)
• Testing: ISO packaged and tested directly inside QEMU with OVMF (UEFI firmware)

(Note: Automated CI/CD pipelines are utilized for compiling and managing release builds via GitHub Actions.)

Roadmap

• Bootable KydeOS base ISO
• Finalize the KydeOS 1.0 base build
• KydeShell v0.1 — custom Wayland compositor in Rust
• Stabilize Material 3 Expressive UI/UX integration
• OOBE (Out-of-Box Experience) setup wizard
• Develop exclusive app ecosystem (Planned)
• Establish a dedicated APT repository for system/app updates

License

This project is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (LICENSE).