https://github.com/aerth/aerthos

live operating system for development with u2f everywhere and persistence
https://github.com/aerth/aerthos

debian ide live-build live-build-config live-os liveos nvidia persistence trixie u2f xdg-open xfce xfce4 yubikey

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live operating system for development with u2f everywhere and persistence

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aerth/aerthos
• Owner: aerth
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-03-10T02:07:09.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-07T04:03:18.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-06T11:39:23.412Z (11 months ago)
• Topics: debian, ide, live-build, live-build-config, live-os, liveos, nvidia, persistence, trixie, u2f, xdg-open, xfce, xfce4, yubikey
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 166 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
## aerthOS builder

[![aerthOS website](https://img.shields.io/badge/aerthOS-Website-white?labelColor=black&style=for-the-badge)](https://aerth.github.io/aerthos)

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### about aerthOS Live

fast powerful Live OS for building software.

XFCE desktop on Debian trixie.

occupies two USB slots: "aerthos w/persistence" and "your yubikey"

### requirements

16GB (or bigger) USB stick, will be erased. this will need to be plugged in at all times. faster the better. 

**Recommended**: yubikey for u2f (eg: login, sudo, git, gpg, ssh, etc, keepassxc secret service)

**Recommended**: additional partition for project workspaces (see below)

### usage

Lots of apt source repositories are setup and ready to go.

A ton of software is installed by default. In future releases, packages will be able to be selected via dialog menu.

### workspace partitions

There are some limitations regarding the persistence partition and (re)building the aerthOS Live ISO.  You can build the **aerthOS Live ISO** from a mounted workspace partition, one with plenty of space that lives on your NVME or SSD.

Workspace partitions **should not be** a USB drive.

After creating, you can add workspace partitions to the bottom of /etc/fstab, for example:

`UUID=7ba8c09a-7f5b-427b-a300-2a2956fea576 /y ext4 defaults 0 2`

## BUILDING

build the iso (`tmp/live-build/aerthOSLive-amd64.hybrid.iso`)

```

sudo make

```

to flash to a disk

```

sudo ./flash.bash flash sdx

```

to remove all the generated files (over 10GB)

```

sudo make clean

```