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# $NAME
# glaucus

## Screenshot

![simple](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glaucuslinux/screenshots/refs/heads/main/simple.png)

## Description and history

>

> Developed by
> A simple and lightweight Linux® distribution based on musl libc and toybox
> Developed by Firas Khana

| username | password | note |
|----------|----------|--|
| root | | no password |


## License and type

>

> MIT

## Packaging, sources, repositories and building

>

> [Package Management Policy](https://wiki.glaucuslinux.org/package-management/)

## Table

| | |
|-----------------------|--|
| Homepage | <https://glaucuslinux.org/> |
| Homepage backup | |
| Homepage backup | - |
| Based on | Independent |
| Status | |
| Architecture | |
| Category | |
| Desktop (default) | |
| Desktop (available) | |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | x86-64-v3 |
| Category | Desktop |
| Desktop (default) | - |
| Desktop (available) | croissant, dwl, labwc, sway, volare, waybox, wayward, woodland |
| Source | <https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus> |
| Download | <https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases> |
| Release model | Rolling |
| Packaging | |
| Package management | |
| Installer | |
| Init | |
| Shell | |
| C library | |
| Core utils | |
| Compiler | |
| Language | |
| Country | |
| IRC | |
| Forum | |
| Mailing list | |
| Docs | |
| Bugtracker | |
| Translation | |
| Donations | |
| Commercial | |
| Price | |
| Social/Contact | |
| Social | |
| Social | |
| ArchiveOS | |
| Distrowatch | |
| Wikipedia | |
| [on LWN.net](https://lwn.net/Distributions/) | |
| Repology | |
| In the timeline | |

| Packaging | .tar.zst |
| Package management | rad |
| Installer | manual |
| Init | s6 |
| Shell | yash |
| C library | musl |
| Core utils | toybox |
| Compiler | gcc |
| Language | English |
| Country | デジタルワールド |
| IRC | - |
| Forum | - |
| Mailing list | - |
| Docs | <https://wiki.glaucuslinux.org/> |
| Bugtracker | <https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/issues> |
| Translation | - |
| Donations | https://glaucuslinux.org/donate/ |
| Commercial | No |
| Price | - |
| Social/Contact | - |
| Social | - |
| Social | - |
| ArchiveOS | - |
| Distrowatch | Not yet |
| Wikipedia | - |
| [on LWN.net](https://lwn.net/Distributions/) | - |
| Repology | <https://repology.org/repository/glaucus> |
| In the timeline | Not yet |

## Releases

*

- [glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-20241026](https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases/tag/20241026)
- [glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-20240404](https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases/tag/20240404)
- [glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-20231002](https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases/tag/20231002)
- [glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-20230428](https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases/tag/28042023)
- [glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-20221011](https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases/tag/11102022)
- [glaucus-bennettae-finit-x86_64-20200930](https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases/tag/30092020)
- [glaucus-bennettae-extra-s6-x86_64-20190901](https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases/tag/01092019)
- [glaucus-bennettae-core-s6-x86-64-20190831](https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus/releases/tag/31082019)

## Media coverage

*

### Copacabana
- <https://copacabana.pindorama.net.br/>
### Hacker News
- <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41715930>
### Linux City
- <https://youtube.com/watch?v=_q6UPQp17YQ>
### Nelson's Log
- <https://nelsonslog.wordpress.com/2024/02/06/small-linux-distributions/>
### Nim Forum
- <https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/11301>
### sysdfree
- <https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/342/>
- <https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2024/12/28/363/>
### The Register
- <https://theregister.com/2025/01/14/the_end_of_absolute_linux/>
### Toca do Tux
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2023/04/pre-lancamento-da-distribuicao-glaucus.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2023/08/rust-no-linux-um-caso-de-amor-e-odio.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2023/10/lacado-glaucus-v3.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2024/01/muito-alem-do-gnu-os-varios-sabores-de-bibliotecas-c.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2024/03/lancado-yash-2561.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2024/04/lancado-libarchive-374.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2024/08/nimconf-2024.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2024/09/lancado-libarchive-375.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2024/10/lancado-glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-20241026.html>
- <http://tocadotux.com.br/2025/01/lancado-toybox-0812.html>
- <https://youtube.com/live/uMzbVBpjFiM?app=desktop>
- <https://youtube.com/watch?v=UTEYJmTcSLw>

## About this page

* This page source can be found at:
* <https://gitlab.com/Distroware/distroware.gitlab.io/-/tree/master/docs/os/Linux//>
* <https://github.com/FabioLolix/distroware.gitlab.io/tree/master/docs/os/Linux//>
- This page source can be found at:
- <https://gitlab.com/Distroware/distroware.gitlab.io/-/tree/master/docs/os/Linux/g/glaucus>
- <https://github.com/FabioLolix/distroware.gitlab.io/tree/master/docs/os/Linux/g/glaucus>