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Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre


Last Update: 2024-02-02 02:44 UTC

The Hyperbola Project is a community driven effort to provide a fully free (as in freedom) operating system that is stable, secure, simple, lightweight that tries to Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) with Long Term Support (LTS). The distribution was originally derviced from Arch snapshots, plus stability and security from Debian, though Hyperbola is no longer binary-compatible with either distribution. Hyperbola provides packages that meet the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG) and offers replacements for the packages that do not meet this requirement. Packages are provided for the i686 and x86_64 architectures.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 209 (37), 6 months: 218 (37), 3 months: 207 (39), 4 weeks: 188 (39), 1 week: 183 (39)

Average visitor rating: 5.5/10 from 2 review(s).

Hyperbola Summary
Distribution Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
Home Page https://www.hyperbola.info/
Mailing Lists https://lists.hyperbola.info/mailman/
User Forums https://forums.hyperbola.info/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://wiki.hyperbola.info/
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Download Mirrors https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:project:downloads
Bug Tracker https://issues.hyperbola.info/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-03-01: Distribution Release: Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre 0.4
 • 2019-09-24: Distribution Release: Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre 0.3
 • More Hyperbola releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2019-12-24 Hyperbola changing its base
 • 2018-12-07 Hyperbola recognized as free by FSF
 • More Hyperbola headlines...

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Feature 0.4.4 0.4.2 0.3.1 0.2.9
Release Date 2024-01-06 2022-12-21 2020-02-11 2019-05-23
End Of Life        
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1100-1200 1100-1200 600-700 600-700
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop        
Package Management Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64
Init Software OpenRC OpenRC OpenRC OpenRC
Journaled File Systems ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support        
Full Package List 0.4.4 0.4.2 0.3.1 0.2.9
Package 0.4.4 0.4.2 0.3.1 0.2.9
abiword (3.0.6) -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.14) -- -- -- --
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- --
bash (5.2.37) 5.1 5.1 4.4 4.4
bind (9.20.8) -- -- -- --
chromium (135.0.7049.114) -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.12) -- -- -- --
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.6 4.3.6
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.45.6 1.45.6 1.43.4 1.43.4
firefox (137.0.2) -- -- -- --
freetype (2.13.3) 2.10.2 2.10.2 -- --
gcc (15.1.0) -- -- -- --
gimp (3.0.2) -- -- -- --
glibc (2.41) 2.30 2.30 2.25 2.25
gnome-shell (48.1) -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.11) -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.59) -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02
gtk (4.18.4) -- -- -- --
httpd (2.4.63) -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.4.1) -- -- -- --
k3b (25.04.0) -- -- -- --
kmod (34.2) 27 27 24 24
krita (5.2.9) -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (25.2.2) -- -- -- --
linux (6.14.4) 5.10.191 5.10.127 4.9.210 4.9.176
Package 0.4.4 0.4.2 0.3.1 0.2.9
lxqt-panel (2.2.0) -- -- -- --
mariadb (11.7.2) -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- --
mesa (25.0.4) 20.3.5 20.3.5 -- --
mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- --
nautilus (48.1) -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (570.133.07) -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- --
openjdk (24) -- -- -- --
openssh (10.0p1) 8.4p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.5p1
openssl (3.5.0) -- -- -- 1.1.0e
perl (5.40.2) 5.30.3 5.30.3 5.24.1 5.24.1
php (8.4.6) -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.3.4) -- -- -- --
postfix (3.10.2) -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.4) -- -- -- --
Python (3.13.3) 3.8.5 3.8.5 2.7.15 2.7.15
qt (6.9.0) -- -- -- --
samba (4.22.1) -- -- -- --
systemd (257.5) -- -- -- --
thunderbird (137.0.2) -- -- -- --
vim (9.1) -- -- -- --
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- --
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.16) -- -- -- --

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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-11-11
Votes: 0


 This distro needs work, pacman keys don't work. The install instructions don't work using the site docs.
The distro sounds good from a security point of view but missing a setup/install program.
A working windowing desktop VM would help to evaluate this distro. A windowed live iso would also be useful.
This distro reminds me of the original slackware floppy based releases where you had to console install everything.
What a waste of time, can't figure why this is rated 10 by so many.
Why should the user be concerned with pacman keys, or the name of network devices, or setting up a network?
No Cigar.



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Version: 0.3.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-02-15
Votes: 10


 Amazing distro(2)

It's clean&mean, but fully functional for my daily use at home and at work.
It provides a buttery smooth desktop experience.

No glitch other than pacman key issue in the current version:
keys in arch-keyring got expired: edit /etc/pacman.conf and change
"SigLevel = Never"
then, everything would be fine.
Hint: a new version of 0.4 is coming on the way.

Well done,
Clap-Clap-Clap to the Hyperbola dev. team!






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