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mAid


Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC

mAid (previously known as FWUL - Forget Windows Use Linux) is a desktop Linux distribution based on Manjaro Linux and featuring the Budgie desktop. The main purpose of the project is to build a small, fast, light and hassle-free distribution for working with Android devices. It comes with a custom installation program, a cross-platform remote control utility, some Android tools, and many standard Linux applications.

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mAid Summary
Distribution mAid
Home Page https://maid.binbash.rocks/
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User Forums https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/live-iso-maid-v4-0-manage-all-your-android-devices-without-driver-hassle.3526755/
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Feature 4.2 3.2
Release Date 2024-04-30 2020-09-13
End Of Life   2022-12-06
Price (US$) Free Free
Image Size (MB) 2400-2600 1000-1100
Free Download ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop Budgie Xfce
Default Browser    
Package Format pkg pkg
Package Management    
Release Model Rolling Rolling
Office Suite -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems    
Multilingual    
Full Package List 4.2 3.2

Full Package List:   mAid 4.2
  Number of packages: 786 (download as TXT)
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  •  aalib 1.4rc5-17
  •  abootimg-git r38.7e127fe-1
  •  abseil-cpp 20230802.1-1
  •  accountsservice 23.13.9-1
  •  acl 2.3.2-1
  •  adobe-source-code-pro-fonts 2.042u+1.062i+1.026vf-1
  •  adwaita-cursors 45.0-1
  •  adwaita-icon-theme 45.0-1
  •  alsa-lib 1.2.11-1
  •  alsa-topology-conf 1.2.5.1-3
  •  alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.11-1
  •  amd-ucode 20240220.97b693d2-1
  •  android-tools 34.0.4-4
  •  android-udev 20231124-1
  •  aom 3.8.1-1
  •  appstream 1.0.2-1
  •  appstream-glib 0.8.2-3
  •  appstream-qt 1.0.2-1
  •  appstream-qt5 1.0.2-1
  •  archlinux-appstream-data 20240112-1
  •  archlinux-keyring 20240208-1
  •  argon2 20190702-5
  •  aria2 1.37.0-1
  •  at-spi2-core 2.50.1-1
  •  attr 2.5.2-1
  •  audit 4.0-1
  •  autoconf 2.72-1
  •  automake 1.16.5-2
  •  avahi 1:0.8+r194+g3f79789-1
  •  base-devel 1-2
  •  bash 5.2.026-2
  •  bash-completion 2.11-3
  •  bcm4350-firmware 0.3-1
  •  bibata-extra-cursor-theme 1.0.1-2
  •  binutils 2.42-2
  •  bison 3.8.2-6
  •  blueman 2.3.5-3
  •  bluez 5.72-2
  •  bluez-libs 5.72-2
  •  bootimgtool-git 20150607.g9ccd962-2
  •  brotli 1.1.0-1
  •  btrfs-progs 6.7.1-1
  •  bubblewrap 0.8.0-1
  •  budgie-control-center 1.4.0-1
  •  budgie-desktop 10.9.1-2
  •  budgie-desktop-view 1.3-2
  •  budgie-screensaver 5.1.0-2
  •  budgie-session 0.9.1-1
  •  bzip2 1.0.8-5
  •  ca-certificates 20220905-1
  •  ca-certificates-mozilla 3.98-1
  •  ca-certificates-utils 20220905-1
  •  cairo 1.18.0-1
  •  calamares 3.3.4-0
  •  cantarell-fonts 1:0.303.1-1
  •  c-ares 1.27.0-1
  •  cdparanoia 10.2-9
  •  chromium 122.0.6261.111-1
  •  cifs-utils 7.0-3
  •  ckbcomp 1.215-1
  •  clutter 1.26.4-2
  •  clutter-gst 3.0.27-4
  •  clutter-gtk 1.8.4-3
  •  cogl 1.22.8-2
  •  colord 1.4.7-2
  •  colord-gtk 0.3.0-2
  •  colord-gtk-common 0.3.0-2
  •  coreutils 9.4-3
  •  cpio 2.15-1
  •  cracklib 2.9.11-1
  •  cryptsetup 2.7.0-1
  •  curl 8.6.0-3
  •  dav1d 1.4.0-1
  •  db5.3 5.3.28-4
  •  dbus 1.14.10-2
  •  dbus-broker 35-2
  •  dbus-broker-units 35-2
  •  dbus-glib 0.112-3
  •  dbus-python 1.3.2-2
  •  dconf 0.40.0-2
  •  dconf-editor 45.0.1-1
  •  debugedit 5.0-5
  •  default-cursors 2-1
  •  desktop-file-utils 0.27-1
  •  device-mapper 2.03.23-1
  •  dhclient 4.4.3.P1-2
  •  diffutils 3.10-1
  •  dosfstools 4.2-3
  •  double-conversion 3.3.0-1
  •  duktape 2.7.0-6
  •  e2fsprogs 1.47.0-1
  •  easy-installer 0.20.1-1
  •  efibootmgr 18-2
  •  efivar 39-1
  •  enchant 2.6.5-1
  •  exfat-utils 1.4.0-2
  •  exo 4.18.0-1
  •  expat 2.6.1-1
  •  f2fs-tools 1.16.0-2
  •  fakeroot 1.33-2
  •  ffmpeg 2:6.1.1-6
  •  fftw 3.3.10-6
  •  file 5.45-1
  •  file-roller 43.1-1
  •  filesystem 2024.01.19-1
  •  findutils 4.9.0-3
  •  firefox 123.0.1-1
  •  flac 1.4.3-1
  •  flex 2.6.4-5
  •  fontconfig 2:2.15.0-2
  •  freeglut 3.4.0-1
  •  freetype2 2.13.2-1
  •  fribidi 1.0.13-2
  •  fuse2 2.9.9-4
  •  fuse3 3.16.2-1
  •  fuse-common 3.16.2-1
  •  garcon 4.18.2-1
  •  gawk 5.3.0-1
  •  gc 8.2.6-1
  •  gcc 13.2.1-5
  •  gcc-libs 13.2.1-5
  •  gcr 3.41.2-1
  •  gcr-4 4.2.1-1
  •  gd 2.3.3-7
  •  gdbm 1.23-2
  •  gdk-pixbuf2 2.42.10-2
  •  geoclue 2.7.1-2
  •  geocode-glib-2 3.26.4-4
  •  geocode-glib-common 3.26.4-4
  •  gettext 0.22.4-1
  •  giflib 5.2.2-1
  •  git 2.44.0-1
  •  glib2 2.78.4-1
  •  glibc 2.39-1.1
  •  glibmm-2.68 2.78.1-1
  •  glib-networking 1:2.78.1-1
  •  glslang 14.0.0-2
  •  glu 9.0.3-1
  •  gmp 6.3.0-1
  •  gnome-bluetooth 3.34.5+r16+g61cfff1c-2
  •  gnome-desktop 1:44.0-1
  •  gnome-desktop-4 1:44.0-1
  •  gnome-desktop-common 1:44.0-1
  •  gnome-keyring 1:46.1-1
  •  gnome-settings-daemon 45.1-1
  •  gnome-terminal 3.50.1-1
  •  gnome-themes-extra 3.28+r6+g45b1d457-1
  •  gnu-free-fonts 20120503-8
  •  gnupg 2.4.4-1
  •  gnutls 3.8.3-1
  •  gobject-introspection-runtime 1.78.1-1
  •  gperftools 2.15-1
  •  gpgme 1.23.2-1
  •  gpicview 0.2.5-8
  •  gpm 1.20.7.r38.ge82d1a6-5
  •  graphene 1.10.8-1
  •  graphite 1:1.3.14-3
  •  grep 3.11-1
  •  groff 1.23.0-5
  •  grub 2.12-3
  •  grub-theme-live-common 20.2-16
  •  grub-theme-live-manjaro 20.2-16
  •  gsettings-desktop-schemas 45.0-1
  •  gsm 1.0.22-1
  •  gsound 1.0.3-3
  •  gspell 1.12.2-2
  •  gssdp 1.6.3-1
  •  gst-plugins-bad-libs 1.22.10-1
  •  gst-plugins-base 1.22.10-1
  •  gst-plugins-base-libs 1.22.10-1
  •  gst-plugins-good 1.22.10-1
  •  gstreamer 1.22.10-1
  •  gtk3 1:3.24.41-1
  •  gtk4 1:4.12.5-1
  •  gtkhash 1.5-3
  •  gtkhash-thunar 1.5-3
  •  gtksourceview3 1:3.24.11+r28+g73e57b57-1
  •  gtk-update-icon-cache 1:4.12.5-1
  •  guile 3.0.9-1
  •  gupnp 1:1.6.6-1
  •  gupnp-igd 1.6.0-1
  •  gvfs 1.52.2-2
  •  gvfs-gphoto2 1.52.2-2
  •  gvfs-mtp 1.52.2-2
  •  gzip 1.13-2
  •  harfbuzz 8.3.0-2
  •  harfbuzz-icu 8.3.0-2
  •  heimdall 1.4.2-7
  •  hicolor-icon-theme 0.17-3
  •  hidapi 0.14.0-2
  •  highway 1.1.0-1
  •  hunspell 1.7.2-1
  •  hwdata 0.380-1
  •  hwinfo 23.2-1
  •  hyphen 2.8.8-5
  •  iana-etc 20231228-1
  •  ibus 1.5.29-3
  •  icu 74.2-1
  •  iio-sensor-proxy 3.5-2
  •  imath 3.1.11-1
  •  imlib2 1.12.2-2
  •  intel-ucode 20231114-2
  •  iproute2 6.7.0-1
  •  iptables 1:1.8.10-1
  •  iso-codes 4.16.0-1
  •  jack2 1.9.22-1
  •  jansson 2.14-2
  •  jasper 4.2.1-1
  •  java11-openjfx 11.0.20.u1-1
  •  java-environment-common 3-5
  •  java-runtime-common 3-5
  •  jbigkit 2.1-7
  •  jodin3-bin 0.9.0-3
  •  jq 1.7.1-1
  •  jre11-openjdk 11.0.22.u7-1
  •  jre11-openjdk-headless 11.0.22.u7-1
  •  jre8 8u401-1
  •  jre-openjdk 21.0.2.u13-3
  •  json-c 0.17-1
  •  json-glib 1.8.0-1
  •  kactivities5 5.115.0-1
  •  karchive5 5.115.0-1
  •  kauth5 5.115.0-1
  •  kbd 2.6.4-1
  •  kbookmarks5 5.115.0-1
  •  kcodecs5 5.115.0-1
  •  kcompletion5 5.115.0-1
  •  kconfig5 5.115.0-1
  •  kconfigwidgets5 5.115.0-1
  •  kcoreaddons5 5.115.0-1
  •  kcrash5 5.115.0-1
  •  kdbusaddons5 5.115.0-1
  •  kdeclarative5 5.115.0-1
  •  kded5 5.115.0-1
  •  keyutils 1.6.3-2
  •  kglobalaccel5 5.115.0-1
  •  kguiaddons5 5.115.0-1
  •  ki18n5 5.115.1-1
  •  kiconthemes5 5.115.0-1
  •  kio5 5.115.0-1
  •  kirigami2 5.115.0-1
  •  kitemviews5 5.115.0-1
  •  kjobwidgets5 5.115.0-1
  •  kmod 31-1
  •  knotifications5 5.115.0-1
  •  kpackage5 5.115.0-1
  •  kpmcore 23.08.5-1
  •  krb5 1.21.2-2
  •  kservice5 5.115.0-1
  •  ktextwidgets5 5.115.0-1
  •  kwallet5 5.115.0-1
  •  kwayland5 5.115.0-1
  •  kwidgetsaddons5 5.115.0-1
  •  kwindowsystem5 5.115.0-1
  •  kxmlgui5 5.115.0-1
  •  l3afpad 0.8.18.1.11-7
  •  lame 3.100-4
  •  lcms2 2.16-1
  •  ldb 2:2.8.0-1
  •  less 1:643-1
  •  lib32-gcc-libs 13.2.1-5
  •  lib32-glibc 2.39-1.1
  •  libadwaita 1:1.4.4-1
  •  libaio 0.3.113-3
  •  libappindicator-gtk3 12.10.0.r298-3
  •  libarchive 3.7.2-1
  •  libass 0.17.1-4
  •  libassuan 2.5.6-1
  •  libasyncns 1:0.8+r3+g68cd5af-2
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  •  libavif 1.0.4-1
  •  libb2 0.98.1-2
  •  libblockdev 3.1.0-2
  •  libblockdev-crypto 3.1.0-2
  •  libblockdev-fs 3.1.0-2
  •  libblockdev-loop 3.1.0-2
  •  libblockdev-mdraid 3.1.0-2
  •  libblockdev-nvme 3.1.0-2
  •  libblockdev-part 3.1.0-2
  •  libblockdev-swap 3.1.0-2
  •  libbluray 1.3.4-1
  •  libbpf 1.3.0-1
  •  libbs2b 3.1.0-8
  •  libbsd 0.12.1-1
  •  libbytesize 2.8-2
  •  libcaca 0.99.beta20-2
  •  libcamera 0.2.0-1
  •  libcamera-ipa 0.2.0-1
  •  libcanberra 1:0.30+r2+gc0620e4-3
  •  libcap 2.69-3
  •  libcap-ng 0.8.4-1
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  •  libcdio-paranoia 10.2+2.0.1-3
  •  libcheese 44.1-2
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  •  libcolord 1.4.7-2
  •  libcups 1:2.4.7-2
  •  libdaemon 0.14-5
  •  libdatrie 0.2.13-4
  •  libdbusmenu-glib 16.04.0.r498-2
  •  libdbusmenu-gtk3 16.04.0.r498-2
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  •  libgudev 238-1
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  •  libibus 1.5.29-3
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  •  libiec61883 1.2.0-7
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  •  libjpeg-turbo 3.0.2-2
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  •  libksba 1.6.6-1
  •  libldap 2.6.6-2
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  •  libmodplug 0.8.9.0-5
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  •  libmtp 1.1.21-1
  •  libndp 1.8-1
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  •  libnice 0.1.22-1
  •  libnl 3.9.0-1
  •  libnm 1.46.0-2
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  •  libnma-common 1.10.6-2
  •  libnotify 0.8.3-1
  •  libnsl 2.0.1-1
  •  libnvme 1.8-1
  •  libogg 1.3.5-1
  •  libomxil-bellagio 0.9.3-4
  •  libopenmpt 0.7.4-1
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  •  libpcap 1.10.4-1
  •  libpciaccess 0.18-1
  •  libpeas 1.36.0-4
  •  libpgm 5.3.128-3
  •  libpipeline 1.5.7-1
  •  libpipewire 1:1.0.3-1
  •  libplacebo 6.338.2-2
  •  libplist 2.3.0-2
  •  libpng 1.6.43-1
  •  libportal 0.7.1-2
  •  libportal-gtk3 0.7.1-2
  •  libproxy 0.5.4-1
  •  libpsl 0.21.2-1
  •  libpulse 17.0-3
  •  libpwquality 1.4.5-3
  •  libraw1394 2.1.2-3
  •  librsvg 2:2.57.1-1
  •  libsamplerate 0.2.2-2
  •  libsasl 2.1.28-4
  •  libseccomp 2.5.5-2
  •  libsecret 0.21.4-1
  •  libshout 1:2.4.6-2
  •  libsigc++-3.0 3.6.0-1
  •  libsm 1.2.4-1
  •  libsndfile 1.2.2-2
  •  libsodium 1.0.19-3
  •  libsoup 2.74.3-1
  •  libsoup3 3.4.4-1
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Version: 4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-07
Votes: 32


 great, I really looooooove it! :-)

Always have it with me on an external hdd.
I have to say it was a bit tricky first to get it flashed but works like a charme now :-)
For testing the virtualbox idea is enough, but I prefer having it installed instead.

The new "full" version is really awesome as it has all the tools included now instead of downloading half of the stuff. I means the small one might be useful for some but the full is what the majority will need ;-)

Many thanks to the developer which was very helpful during the whole progress!!



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Version: 4.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-07-07
Votes: 1


 It has a Calamares installer. If you want to create a Swap partition fails. it works if you choose not to create a Swap partition, but after rebooting it stucks in plymouth.
There are two metapackages in their custom repo:
maid-desktop-light amd maid-desktop-full . These metapackages are a complete nonsense. It makes no sense to include Firefox and Chromium as dependencies.
Both metapackages should be in conflict with each other.

If you choose the full version you have 3 browsers (Midore, Firefox and Chromium) preinstalled.

After installing Pamac, it crashed in the middle of an update.



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Version: 4.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-02
Votes: 27


 A great idea - with room for improvements.

I use it to backup my LG phones but also to have an always working adb connection with me wherever I go (I flashed mAid to an USB stick permanently which is supported now with v4).

the open list of feature request lemme hope there is more to come, ideally I would really love installing mAid as a (meta)-package on Arch(based) distros. Upgrading maid requires a full re-flash always and that should be avoided.

other then that: mAid saved my life a bunch of times and I can just recommend it - the remote support thing which is included is a life saver, too! (hey dad boot mAid, start teamviewer, connect your phone, I'll do the rest ;) )


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