Starchaser Linux

Independent spirit. Infinite possibility.

A desktop
built like
a starship.

A beautiful Arch-based Linux desktop: easy for beginners, with advanced tools for red teamers and security engineers.

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Same sky
A brighter desktop

The real Starchaser Linux desktop with its slim side taskbar and starship cockpit wallpaper
THE STARCHASER COCKPIT · REAL DESKTOP

Under active development; it installs and runs day to day, but expect rough edges.

1.0 · Coming soon

Thoughtful tools. More headroom.

Your desktop.
At your command.

A calm place to start. Room to go deeper.
Everyday controls, without the guesswork.

Recovery snapshots

Go back to a working system.

Ask about this computer

Built-in help, with you in control.

Today panel

Your day, at a glance.

Quick settings

The controls you need, within reach.

Themes

A different atmosphere for every day.

Simple firewall

Clear choices for your connections.

A closer look

See it in action.

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Your day, at a glance

Your day, at a glance

Calendar, weather, media, and system gauges.

Everything within reach

Everything within reach

Apps, shortcuts, and settings in one menu.

Clear connection controls

Clear connection controls

Review your network choices before applying them.

Ask in plain language

Ask in plain language

Help that checks first and leaves you in control.

Real desktop captures. Selected text masked for privacy and editorial requirements.

Room to grow

Built for beginners,
ready for experts.

01 / Everyday comfort

A familiar place to start.

  • A welcome tour for your first settings and useful shortcuts.
  • Settings brings appearance, displays, sound, network, and more together.
  • Recovery snapshots explain what going back would undo.
  • Ask checks your computer and explains what it finds in plain language.
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02 / Go deeper

The tools to make it yours.

  • A normal root shell, terminal, and SSH.
  • nmap and tcpdump included on the ISO.
  • Firewall, USB, and privacy controls in Settings.
  • AUR packages are built only when you choose one in Settings.
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Choose your atmosphere

Same system. A different view.
Violet sun above a neon grid and mountains in the Synthwave desktop themeSynthwave Northern lights reflected in a mountain lake in the Aurora desktop themeAurora Ocean waves and a moon in the Japan desktop themeJapan Blue and violet clouds in the Nebula desktop themeNebula

14 themes, each with light and dark palettes. Explore appearance

From download to desktop

  1. 01

    Write the USB

    Flash the released ISO to a USB drive.

  2. 02

    Boot

    Start your computer from the USB.

  3. 03

    Install

    Follow the graphical installer.

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Your next desktop

A little further from ordinary.

Version 1.0 is coming soon. Get to know your next desktop.

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